Advancing the Paris Agreement from local to national level - UNFCCC official side event CDKN and ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability look forward to discussing the delivery of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) with you from 3:00 - 4:30pm local time today at the UNFCCC meetings in Bonn.

Planning for NDC implementation - Quick start guide and reference manual CDKN and Ricardo Energy and Environment have developed a quick start guide and reference manual to support Less Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States plan for implementing their national climate commitments - the NDCs - in English and French.

Decision-making for African development - and what it means for climate science Join Dr Chris Jack of the University of Cape Town and the Future Climate for Africa programme on Friday 28 April to consider how climate science can make African decision-making for development more effective - based on his team's experiences in Southern African cities. Register today.

Indonesia’s climate-smart motors Syed Abbas Hussain describes the importance of energy efficiency in Indonesia’s economy and describes how CDKN-supported initiatives have laid the groundwork for cost savings and avoiding greenhouse gas emissions.

Climate finance and poverty reduction - the need for synergy Mariella Di Ciommo says that international climate finance flows could be designed a lot more effectively, to tackle poverty as well as climate change.

Sustainable energy for all News stories about innovative renewable energy technologies appear daily and the promise of low-cost renewable energy for people living in marginalised communities seems almost inevitable. But how well is the world actually doing in making energy systems sustainable and accessible to all? Andrew Scott, Senior Research Fellow at the Overseas Development Institute, reports.

A franchise for climate-smart electrification in India Syed Abbas Hussain and Aditi Paul present emerging results from an initiative to boost energy access, save rural consumers money, and advance India’s climate compatible development goals.

Caribbean communities on the front lines of climate change adaptation Newly-released analysis from CDKN has identified a series of approaches to help community-level organisations to increase climate resilience. The analysis focusses on the Caribbean, but has widely applicable lessons for community-based adaptation in other parts of the world.

Making informed decisions to prepare for extreme weather events (Swahili version) Raising Risk Awareness presents this Swahili infographic which sets out why attributing extreme weather events is critical and how the process works, towards helping decision-makers and the public to prioritise adaptation solutions and reduce vulnerability.