Applications invited for climate change journalism fellowships The fellowships are being offered by Panos South Asia as part of a Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) project for enhancing climate change awareness and understanding among journalists in South Asia.

What can we learn from CDKN’s Inside Stories on climate compatible development? Mairi Dupar reports on some of the top considerations for decision-makers which can be learned from CDKN’s Inside Stories on climate compatible development

If we know it works, why not do it? Katie Harris from the Overseas Development Institute asks why such a small percentage of funding given to those in developing countries is spent on disaster preparedness, especially when the sums needed for emergency response following natural disasters have been climbing.

Challenges from the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit CDKN's Asia Director, Ali T. Sheikh, puts forward six challenges to climate compatible development that emerged at the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS)

Join CDKN at the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit CDKN is hosting, together with the Asia LEDS Partnership, an open session at the Dehli Sustainable Development Summit on ‘Learning from Green Growth Initiatives in Asia’ on Sat 2nd Feb.

INSIDE STORY: Harnessing geothermal energy: The case of Kenya Kenya’s heavy reliance on hydroelectricity production has made the country vulnerable to climate change impacts, such as drought and erratic rainfall patterns. Energy sector reforms in Kenya are beginning to stimulate and fast-track the country’s geothermal industry in line with the country’s vision of climate compatible development.

Inside Story : Creating market support for energy efficiency: India’s Perform, Achieve and Trade scheme Through the Perform, Achieve and Trade (PAT) scheme, India has become the first developing country to adopt an energy efficiency trading scheme that uses market-based mechanisms. This Inside Story reports on the lessons which can be learned from the design & planning phases.

Outlook : Low Emission Development Strategies (LEDS) Special Edition The January 2013 edition of the CDKN Newsletter focuses on Low Emissions Development Strategies (LEDS) and the work CDKN is undertaking with its partners in Central America, Togo, Cameroon, Southeast Asia and India.

Lessons from Bangladesh for a post-Sandy New York Dr Saleemul Huq – senior fellow in IIED’s climate change group – spoke at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies/Columbia University in New York City about the lessons US cities can learn from Bangladesh as they adapt to climate change.

Integrating climate migration into Latin American regional forums Although migrations related to environment and climate change have been mentioned by some organizations of Latin America, the most important and deep approach to this subject comes from civil society regional forums.

Inside stories on climate compatible development 2013 CDKN is looking to commission a set of policy briefs on developing countries’ practical experiences in climate compatible development.