Doha talks highlight loss and damage - and leave much work ahead Sam Bickersteth, Mairi Dupar and Dan Hamza-Goodacre of CDKN provide an overview of UN climate talks in Doha, Qatar, and the work remaining to be done to achieve ambitious, global action on climate change.

Learning network on uptake of climate and disaster risk assessments CDKN is looking for a supplier to explore the drivers for and barriers to the uptake of climate and disaster risk assessments, and how national and international participants can work to strengthen them. It will focus on the Latin American & Caribbean region, where the demand for this work is clearest, and on both - the producers and end users of risk assessments.

Loss & Damage website launched A new website has been launched by the Loss and Damage in Vulnerable Countries Initiative as a valuable resource for policy-makers and practitioners.

Loss and damage in Bangladesh from the front line of climate change Saleemul Huq writes from COP18 on what Bangladesh has gained from efforts over the last year to understand and advance the loss and damage agenda.

Loss and damage from climate change must not become the 'new normal' As the United Nations climate talks get underway this week in Doha, Sam Bickersteth reflects on a subtle, unsettling shift in the global climate change debate.

COP18 - Follow our daily updates from the CDKN team in Doha Please join CDKN in person, or follow our events on our website and twitter, as CoP18 unfolds in Doha.

Outlook news: Project news from CDKN around the world CDKN’s quarterly newsletter ‘Climate and Development Outlook’ provides information on CDKN’s projects and shows the work that’s underway to deliver climate compatible development in countries around the world.

Communities need greater support to cope with loss and damage from climate shifts CDKN’s Kashmala Kakakhel reports from CoP 18 in Doha on five new case studies that show how climate change is affecting communities’ lives in Kenya, the Gambia, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Micronesia.

Join our live online debate on loss and damage from climate change Join the live online debate - Paying the price: Who will pay the costs of losses and damage from climate impacts? Taking place on today from 12:00-13:00 GMT

Loss and damage from climate change – will leaders respond to this present danger? Kashmala Kakakhel, LEAD Pakistan, and Tom Mitchell and Emily Wilkinson, Overseas Development Institute explain key points emerging from recent consultations on Loss and Damage and what impact this is likely to have upon negotiations in Doha.

The need for climate-smart disaster risk reduction How is the convergence between the Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation agendas reflected at policy level and in practical programming in Asia? Knud Falk, Hina Lotia and Amy Kirbyshire report from the 5th Asian Ministerial Conference on DRR (AMCDRR) in Indonesia.