REPORT: The water-energy-food nexus in Latin America and the Caribbean In our hyper-connected world, water, energy and food are increasingly interdependent. A new report, commissioned by CDKN, looks at how climate change will affect the use of scarce natural resources in Latin America and the Caribbean and highlights opportunities to achieve water, energy and food security.

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.

Transformative climate agendas Jorge Villanueva of CDKN Latin America reports on the three-day Action Lab, held in Ecuador in March 2015, which brought together representatives from different organisations in order to come up with innovative ways to generate integrated climate agendas in the region.

New research to assess green growth potential of Ethiopia’s industries In Ethiopia, great progress has been made to mainstream climate considerations into the agricultural and energy sector, but more can be done to integrate climate in the fast growing industrial sector. A new CDKN research project aims to support industrial-sector green growth strategies at a crucial time in Ethiopia’s development.

'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.

India’s 2015 Union Budget CDKN’s Senior Country Advisor for India, Mihir Bhatt, assesses the degree to which India’s 20

Briefing series launched to communicate climate change to the Kenyan private sector CDKN Africa’s Claire Mathieson and Maggie Kamau report on a Nairobi event launching a briefing note series aimed at the Kenyan private sector to help business manage climate change risks and capitalise on opportunities.

Water shortages send wake-up call to Pakistan A policy dialogue convened by LEAD Pakistan and CDKN with the Government of Pakistan explored how development of the country's water resources could be more 'climate compatible' - and involve some tough challenges for the agriculture sector.

More free resources for communicating climate change CDKN presents new resources as part of its ‘media toolkit’ to encourage discussion of the IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report and What's in it for Africa, South Asia, Latin America and Small Island Developing States.

Introducing renewable energy franchising for rural electrification in India Rakesh Khanna and Priyali Bhardwaj of TARA explore how a 'Climate and Development Business Network' initiative backed by CDKN, TARA and cKinetics is introducing new technologies to improve energy access in rural India - in a climate-friendly way.

The Zambezi: Competing claims and climate change Climate change is increasing the competition for freshwater resources in the Zambezi River Basin, as CDKN's Miren Gutierrez reports.