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.

WORKING PAPER: Learning organisations - emerging practice from CDKN’s experience This paper aims to help organisations prioritise learning by highlighting six useful models and frameworks. Drawing on the rich experience of CDKN, it explores how these models and frameworks have been applied in practice.

Discover country leadership examples on integrating low emission action into national development LEDS GP has launched its country leadership tool, which allows users to discover how countries are integrating low emission action in their national development.

Transport Toolkit to help plan and implement low emission transport systems The newly updated Transport Toolkit helps decision-makers, practitioners and stakeholders involved in the transport sector identify the most effective tools to build and implement transport low emission development strategies (LEDS).

ESSENTIAL: Risk-related resettlement and relocation in urban areas This CDKN Essentials summarises recommendations on the appropriateness of, and best practices for, urban resettlement and relocation as a response to disaster risk, taking into consideration multi-dimensional poverty and inequality indicators.

POLICY BRIEF: Making renewable energy markets work In 2015, India enhanced its renewable energy target to 175GW by 2022 supported by a concrete and comprehensive roadmap of policy and regulatory reforms, market-support, detailing technology need and bilateral and global cooperation.