is green growth just a fad? A review of the Green Growth Leaders report In a guest blog for CDKN, DFID's Hannah Ryder critiques the latest Green Growth Leaders report by the University of Berkeley. Read what she has to say about the growth opportunites of implementing energy and resource-efficiency policies, and what more the report could have said about developing countries.

A city (almost) without cars Global Manager Isabela da Souza talks about how an efficient public transport system is beneficia

An action plan for Kenya’s National Climate Change Response Strategy - Call for Expressions of Interest CDKN, together with DFID, AFD and other potential donor programmes, has been approached to support and co-fund the development of a Kenyan Action Plan on climate change. We now seek Expressions of Interest for potential suppliers to deliver this plan.

Postcard from Addis Ababa- When bull elephants fight In this latest in our 'Postcards' series, Geoff Barnard reports from the AfricaAdapt Symposium in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He finds that Africa needs to find a way of blending sources of knowledge if it is to adapt successfully to a changing climate.

Postcard from Kuala Lumpur - Building resilience in a changing climate Development workers, policy-makers and researchers met in Kuala Lumpur at a CDKN-sponsored conference to explore how Asian societies are building resilience to climate-induced change.

Postcard from Cancun - an Asian view Pakistan's delegation proposed an alternative definition of climate vulnerability at CoP16 in Cancun, supported by CDKN's Asia team.

POLICY BRIEF: Planning climate compatible development: lessons from experience National planning for climate compatible development in developing countries means balancing national needs with the requirements of international support frameworks for financing, technology transfer and capacity building.

Postcard from Cancun - Knowledge sharing, capacity building and advocacy for adaptation and climate compatible development A CoP16 side event on Thursday, 2nd December cast light on how knowledge about climate compatible development can be packaged to reach the development practitioners and communities who urgently need it.

POLICY BRIEF: Moving forward on climate change planning - lessons from Orissa In this brief, Merylyn Hedger and Virinder Sharma look at Orissa, the first Indian state to produce a climate change action plan (CCAP). This policy brief outlines the process that produced the CCAP in just six months.

Policy Brief : Defining climate compatible development Climate compatible development goes one step further by asking policy makers to consider ‘triple win’ strategies that result in low emissions, build resilience and promote development simultaneously.