World's least-polluting nations aim to set Paris climate bar high If your country were responsible for only 0.05% of the world's climate-changing emissions, you might not think it worth making a plan to curb that pollution - especially when you still need to get electricity to much of your population. Megan Rowling from Thomson Reuters Foundation explores how the Gambian government thinks otherwise, since it is already working on its contribution to a new global deal to tackle climate change.

How tackling climate change will help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals In this public event hosted by CDKN and ODI, economists from Metroeconomica and HR Wallingford will launch the results of their new, leading-edge research on the relationship between global climate change policy and human development. Watch and pose your questions on 14th May at 15:00 UK time.

REPORT: The impact of climate change on the achievement of the post-2015 sustainable development goals This report considers the impacts of the 2015 climate change agreement on development under two scenarios: a high-ambition agreement and a low-ambition one

POLICY BRIEF: How a high-ambition global climate deal will help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals This policy brief explores the relationship between the level of ambition in a new global climate agreement to be negotiated in 2015 - and the likelihood of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

Reflections on the road to Paris Teresa Ribera, Director of IDDRI and former Secretary of State for Climate Change for the Government of Spain, describes how the Government of France is preparing for COP21 in a consultative way. She asks whether this promising approach could apply to other global policy processes.

INDC process kicks off in Kenya Kenya has initiated the process to submit its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) to the UNFCCC. Emelia Holdaway of Ricardo-AEA reports.

'How to prepare your Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC)' for Least Developed Countries A new publication from CDKN and Ricardo-AEA provides practical guidance to Least Developed Countries on how to prepare their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC) for the UNFCCC. This recorded webinar explores how to use this practical template.

REDD: A Collection of Conflicts, Contradictions and Lies REDD: A Collection of Conflicts, Contradictions and Lies

Lessons from the INDC process in The Gambia The Gambia has embarked on developing its Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC) for submission to the UNFCCC in advance of the anticipated Paris agreement this year. A team from Climate Analytics looks at some initial lessons from the process so far.

Managing disaster risks can bring other benefits, even if catastrophe never strikes This week, the UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai, Japan kicks off a pi

2015, the choreography CDKN’s Executive Chairman Simon Maxwell offers his suggestions for how leaders can choreograph their approaches to the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals, the global climate change agreement, and financing for development.