How can the international disasters agreement encourage businesses to manage for disaster risk? Rowan Douglas and Sophie Abraham of Willis Group propose options for the new international disasters framework (HFA2) to ensure that the financial and private sectors account for disaster risk.

Behind the scenes - preparing for COP20 in Lima Kinga Lodge of CDKN reports from Lima, Peru, where she was supporting a workshop for negotiators preparing to host this year's United Nations climate conference.

Equipping Peru for CoP20 and future climate negotiations A CDKN-funded workshop has brought together a range of stakeholders and eminent Latin American figures to equip climate change negotiators in Peru with the skills and knowledge to navigate international climate change processes and prepare for CoP20 in Lima, December 2014.

Renewing commitment to climate-smart SDGs in Indonesia CDKN's Dina Khan reflects on a recent debate in Indonesia over why and how to integrate climate change into the post-2015 Sustainable Goals Agenda.

The IPCC rings the warning bell louder. Is anyone listening? Saleemul Huq, IPCC Lead Author, reflects on the demanding process behind producing the IPCC WGII report and what makes this report different to its predecessors.

Now that the IPCC's Working Group II report is done, it's up to all of us Maarten van Aalst, Director of the Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre and a Lead Author of the Working Group II Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's Fifth Assessment Report (IPCC AR5) reports live from the conclusion of governmental negotiations in Yokohama, Japan.

Legal Response Initiative trains Kenyan government on climate law The Legal Response Initiative (LRI) and Environmental Compliance Institute (ECI), supported by CDKN, trained Kenyan government officials on the international climate negotiations, and what a new global agreement could mean for the law in Kenya.

POLICY BRIEF: How should the new international disaster framework address gender equality? The lack of attention to, and misunderstanding of, gender inequality prevents the effective reduction of disaster risks. This policy brief by Dr Virginie Le Masson and Lara Langston highlights the need for specific gender-related measures to be included in the successor agreement to the Hyogo Framework for Action.

CDKN wins Climate Week Award for Legal Response Initiative Legal Response Initiative, a major initiative funded by CDKN to assist poor and climate-vulnerable countries to make their voices heard in the global climate negotiations, has won a UK Climate Week Award.

Legal Response Initiative (LRI) wins Climate Week Award A major initiative funded by CDKN to assist poor and climate-vulnerable countries to make their voices heard in the global climate negotiations has won a Climate Week Award.

Climate change and the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals CDKN will host an expert discussion on how climate change relates to the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals, on Wednesday19th March in Jakarta.