Inside story : Local approaches to harmonising climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction policies: Lessons from India In the disaster-prone arid zones of Barmer and Leh, India, climate change is exacerbating local vulnerability to disasters. This report looks at how best to overcome the challenges of integrating effective disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation into development planning and suggests how other communities can address similar challenges by using windows of opportunity in post-disaster situations.

Inside story : Integrating climate change concerns into disaster management planning: The case of Gorakhpur, India This CDKN case study evaluates how a climate ­mainstreaming programme such as the one implemented in Gorakhpur District might inspire other local governments in a similar position to effectively incorporate climate change considerations into disaster management planning within their districts.

Inside story : Integrating urban agriculture and forestry into climate change action plans: Lessons from Sri Lanka This CDKN Inside Story illustrates how Sri Lanka's Western Province is promoting urban and peri-urban agriculture and forestry as a strategy to reduce vulnerability to climate change, while enhancing urban liveability and livelihoods.

INSIDE STORY: Catalysing sustainable tourism: The case of Chiang Mai, Thailand This new CDKN case study, Catalysing sustainable tourism: The case of Chiang Mai, Thailand, looks at how the non-motorised transport (NMT) system was developed, what characteristics of the planning process influenced its outcome, and what lessons the City of Chiang Mai has learned about climate compatible development planning as a result.

Inside Story : A local vision of climate adaptation: Participatory urban planning in Mozambique This report looks at the project Public Private People Partnerships for Climate Compatible Development (4PCCD) in Maputo, Mozambique, which, through experimenting with different forms of participatory planning, aimed to identify local priorities for climate-related action, along with the key actors and resources needed to make it happen.

Inside story : Addressing heat-related health risks in urban India: Ahmedabad’s Heat Action Plan This report looks at how the local community of Ahmedabad in Western India is preparing for the increasingly extreme heat of the city, through an early warning system and heat preparedness plan. Ahmedabad is the first city in South Asia to comprehensively address the health threats of extreme heat.

FILM: CDKN in conversation... with Maria Paz Cigaran, CDKN Peru Video featuring Maria Paz Cigaran of CDKN Peru, on the far-reaching impacts of glacier retreat, opportunities for low-carbon development and CDKN's role in developing new ideas and implementing them.

FILM: CDKN in conversation... with Claudia Martinez Zuleta, CDKN Colombia Mairi Dupar, CDKN Global Public Affairs Co-ordinator, speaks to Claudia Martinez Zuleta, CDKN's country leader for Colombia, about Columbia's vulnerability to climate change and the opportunities for climate compatible development.

FILM: CDKN in conversation... with Mihir Bhatt, CDKN India Mihir Bhatt, CDKN's country leader for India, is interviewed as part of the 'CDKN in conversation' video series on how India is improving its resilience to climate change.

FILM: CDKN in conversation... with Sam Bickersteth, CDKN Chief Executive Mairi Dupar, CDKN Global Public Affairs Co-ordinator, speaks to Sam Bickersteth, Chief Executive of CDKN, on the future of CDKN and what it can offer developing countries in terms of its network of knowledge, experience and comparative learning.

FILM: CDKN in conversation... with Mochamad Indrawan, CDKN Indonesia Mairi Dupar, CDKN Global Public Affairs Co-ordinator speaks to Mochamad Indrawan, CDKN's country leader for Indonesia, about the difficulties in implementing climate compatible development policies and the recent progress that has been made in Indonesia.

FILM: The gender dimension to climate compatible development CDKN's global team discusses the disproportionate effects of climate change on women and the need to include a gender dimension in the planning process for climate compatible development.