Increasing access to climate finance for small and medium businesses The capacity for micro, small and medium enterprises to realise their potential role in climate action is restricted by a lack of access to climate finance. Ellie Marsh and James Eustace of Dalberg discuss the response required.

How can National Climate Change Funds mobilise resources more effectively? National Climate Change Funds have received mixed success in mobilising climate finance. Ellie Marsh and James Eustace of Dalberg discuss the CDKN-commissioned tool that looks at the sustainability of these funds and suggest key steps that will help in mobilising further resources.

Better infrastructure, better growth Oliver Willmott from PwC's Sustainability & Climate Change team investigates how the next wave of infrastructure must be responsive and resilient to the Megatrends reshaping the 21st Century, and looks at how we can realise the full potential of infrastructure to deliver inclusive development and protect natural and social capital.

The added value of the Adaptation Fund after the Paris climate summit Marcia Levaggi, Manager of the Adaptation Fund Board’s Secretariat, on the innovative approach of the Adaptation Fund to capitalising on the carbon market, and the Fund’s potential following COP21.

OUTLOOK: Indonesia Special Edition CDKN is convening decision-makers to test and explore the concept of climate-compatible development, particularly in the energy sector and at province, district and city level in Indonesia. This edition of Climate and Development Outlook takes a tour of CDKN's programme throughout this diverse country.

Mandy Barnett on climate adaptation projects as a framework for investment Mandy Barnett of the South African National Biodiversity Institute on how climate adaptation projects should form the basis of a framework of investment and how National Implementing Entities - the organisations accredited to receive money from the Adaptation Fund - can benefit their home countries.

What counts? Understanding where we stand on climate finance Smita Nakhooda of ODI sheds clarity on the different ways of counting climate finance flows - with some pointers that could help policy-makers get to grips with this contentious issue.

Adaptation Fund launching Technical Assistance grants to strengthen capacity of NIEs The Adaptation Fund is making Technical Assistance grants available to accredited National Implementing Entities (NIEs) in order to strengthen the capacity of NIEs, particularly in the areas of environmental and social risk management, as they design and implement concrete adaptation projects.

Making the Least Developed Countries Fund fit for purpose The Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF), established more than a decade ago to support the world’s 48 poorest countries in responding to their climate change adaptation needs, is empty. Giza Gaspar Martins of Angola, Chair of the Least Developed Country Group of climate negotiators argues that the future of this fund must be secured.

Mobilising resources for climate compatible development - Insights from CDKN's experience Juliane Nier, CDKN's Learning Coordinator, reports from a workshop convened by CDKN to share experiences among our partners on how to finance climate compatible development. Hosted by the Government of Rwanda in Kigali last month, the participants identified the 'ingredients' needed to mobilise resources.