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.

National action is key to accelerating international progress on climate change The combined action of individual nations is key to making international progress on climate change outpace the increasing level of urgency, so say the Rt Hon. John Gummer, Lord Deben; Lord Michael Jay, Graham Stuart MP; Barry Gardiner MP; Tim Yeo MP; Joan Walley MP; and Adam Matthews

Government of Nepal publishes plan for assessment of the cost of climate change A CDKN project is on track to deliver a new valuable assessment of the economic impact of climate change in Nepal

Togo and Cameroon assess their sustainable energy potential Mairi Dupar of CDKN speaks with Laura Williamson, Project Director of HELIO International, who has been working with the governments of Togo and Cameroon to boost the environmental and social sustainability of their energy sectors.

Overcoming hurdles to 'green' construction in India Kriti Nagrath from Development Alternatives in India reflects on what it will take to get alternative technologies in the construction sector into the mainstream.

Is India’s National Action Plan on Climate Change up to Scratch? A recent study looking at the design of the eight missions under India’s National Action Plan on Climate Change aims to provide policy makers, academics and researchers, civil society groups and others an evaluation of the country’s climate missions as perceived by experts in the country.

The road ahead for State Action Plans on Climate Change in India Sunder Subramanian, an independent climate change expert and advisor to Indian State Governments reflects on the opportunities and challenges for the State Action Plans on Climate Change

Empowering communities to monitor the impact of their work Saleemul Haq reflects on how a programme supported by CDKN in Bangladesh is spreading an innovative new bottom-up approach to monitoring and evaluating community based adaptation

Researchers seek shortcut to communicating for influence At a recent workshop in Bangkok, organized by CDKN partner SUMERNET, its researchers had the opportunity to engage with two key groups of stakeholders: policy makers and journalists. They gained useful insights into how to make their research more useful and accessible to policy makers and the public. SUMERNET researchers share their experience of the workshop in a blog.