ESSENTIAL: Six tips for effective country programmes This ‘Essential’ briefing presents CDKN’s top six tips for ensuring impact in country programmes on climate compatible development, based on the in-depth approach to country assistance that CDKN developed with its partners.

Working paper: Working across scales - Learning from seven years of climate compatible development in Asia A new report by John Colvin and Christina McDonagh for CDKN explores the value of stimulating climate compatible development initiatives at multiple levels of governance - drawing on seven years of work by CDKN in India, Indonesia, Nepal and Pakistan.

Working paper: Budgeting for NDC action - Initial lessons from climate-vulnerable countries This working paper asks: are climate change-related expenditures starting to appear in national budgets to secure the early implementation of countries’ Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)? It examines the evidence of resourcing NDC policies and actions in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya and Uganda.

WORKING PAPER: Capability development - Taking a targeted approach Approaches to the development of capacity and capability vary from one organisation to another and there is no ‘one-size-fits-all’ solution. Rather than letting capacity develop by chance, CDKN has adopted a more intentional approach.

Reflections on PlanCC and the future of climate compatible development in Peru Mireya Villacis reflects on CDKN's long involvement in supporting Peru to develop and articulate national climate plans - and figure out how to achieve them, and she surveys the future prospects for climate compatible development in the country.

WORKING PAPER: The local business case for climate action A new CDKN working paper reviews the business case for climate action at city level and suggests five main entry points that climate change practitioners should be aware of, and where appropriate, build into their project approach to support more effective climate action in cities.

Mainstreaming climate compatible development: Insights from CDKN's first seven years This flagship book draws from CDKN's experience of supporting climate-compatible development in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean and provides practical recommendations on how to achieve low-carbon, climate-resilient development in low income and emerging economies.

How do we start putting a price on resilience? This feature examines how a new framework, the Resilience Dividend Valuation Model (RDVM), aims to quantify the link between resilience-inspired investments and improved well-being. It was originally posted on Zilient and can be found here.

EVENT: The Paris climate commitments - propositions for national action At this event, hosted by CDKN and the Overseas Development Institute, experts discussed progress in planning for NDC implementation across seven countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America.

PRESENTATION: Communicating climate science for disaster risk reduction decision-making This presentation outlines a holistic assessment of risk that takes into account the hazard, vulnerability and exposure context to effectively inform decision-making in disaster risk reduction.

Charting a course toward climate compatible development - Seven years of CDKN (2010-2017) Sam Bickersteth, CDKN's Chief Executive, takes stock of CDKN's first seven years of achievements, and appraises the global environment for climate compatible development, in these opening remarks from the CDKN London Conference, July 2017.

A six point plan for moving forward on climate compatible development A plan for moving forward on climate compatible development, by Sam Bickersteth, CDKN's Chief Executive, from the CDKN London Conference, July 2017.