Emerging and exponential technologies could open new opportunities for low-carbon development Benjamin Combes and Darius Nassiry explore how emerging and exponential technologies - which characterise the 'fourth industrial revolution' could open new opportunities for low-carbon development.

Working paper: Working across scales - Learning from seven years of climate compatible development in Asia A new report by John Colvin and Christina McDonagh for CDKN explores the value of stimulating climate compatible development initiatives at multiple levels of governance - drawing on seven years of work by CDKN in India, Indonesia, Nepal and Pakistan.

A 'Quick Start' approach to implementing NDCs – Insights from Zambia Zambia is one of the three pilot countries in Africa to undertake a readiness assessment of NDC implementation using the CDKN and Ricardo Quick-Start Guide. ADI's Cathrine Mutambirwa reflects on the process and outcomes of the project.

Mainstreaming climate compatible development: Insights from CDKN's first seven years This flagship book draws from CDKN's experience of supporting climate-compatible development in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean and provides practical recommendations on how to achieve low-carbon, climate-resilient development in low income and emerging economies.

Paris climate commitments - Propositions for national action The Paris climate commitments: Propositions for national action

Outlook: Kenya Special Edition This Outlook newsletter explores how CDKN has supported climate compatible development in Kenya and features news of the new CDKN office in Kenya. It also discusses state-of-the-art climate science, mobilising finance for climate action and working with Kenya’s private sector.

CDKN - Reducing the environmental footprint of our publications Mairi Dupar shares lessons from CDKN’s seven years of feedback from developing country audiences about how they use our publications. She charts CDKN’s constant search for the most environmentally sustainable choices.

Countries are making progress on climate plans - but call for international boost In Bonn, Germany this month, governments met to negotiate the detail of how they will carry out the soaring ambitions of the Paris climate change agreement. Mairi Dupar of CDKN was heartened by many inspiring stories of ambitious climate action from cities and countries, but says that the global negotiations process and finance flows must match this local ambition, to create a 'virtuous circle'.

Bringing the Paris rulebook to life CDKN’s Kiran Sura, Marisa Donnelly and Toby Morris report on international climate change negotiations in Bonn, Germany this month - where small steps were made on writing the Paris Agreement 'rulebook', which will make the Agreement meaningful - but much work is yet to be done.

Global NDC Conference 2017 - A photo story Low emission development practitioners from around the world convened in Berlin, Germany in early May for the Global NDC Conference 2017 - to exchange experience on implementing the 'Nationally Determined Contributions' under the Paris Agreement. Catch some of the action in this photo gallery.

Zambia works toward delivering its national climate commitment How is Zambia planning to deliver the national climate plan or 'NDC' to which it committed under the Paris Agreement? Cathrine Mutambirwa reports that Zambia's planning process is gaining momentum as the country assesses how to take economy-wide action.