Youth film competition on reducing disaster risk There's still time to enter the new Earthbeat film challenge: 'from risk to resilience'. Submit your 3 minute film on the topic before the 18 February 2022 deadline.

Streets for People: Promoting non-motorised transport in Nairobi Nairobi is one of Africa’s fastest growing cities, with a population of over four million inhabitants. A new film from CDKN explores the challenges, achievements and areas of improvement to enhance the NMT experience in Kenya's major cities.

Heat-health advisories in rural India: Learning during the pandemic era Premsagar Tasgaonkar, Komal Modhave and Yogesh Shinde from the Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR), India describe how they have established a system to warn farmers in rural areas when heat levels are forecast to rise to dangerous levels.

Ecosystem-based adaptation: A promising solution to flood risk in African cities Urban floods are becoming more common as a result of increasing urbanisation, poor urban planning and climate change. A new report by PlanAdapt explores how the cities of Cape Town, Durban, Mombasa and Nairobi are rising to the challenge, and how their work can inspire others.

Ethiopia NDC Highlights newsletter - December 2021 This issue of Ethiopia's NDC Highlights newsletter focuses on the outcomes of COP26 and whether the country's expectations were met.

Request for proposals: Help develop a website for the Gender Equality in a Low Carbon World programme CDKN is seeking a website developer to build a website for the GLOW programme. Qualified website developers are invited to apply by Friday 28 January 2022, 10:00 SAST.

New research supports a gender-equal recovery through low-carbon innovation A new IDRC-supported research programme aims to help ensure that low- and middle-income countries' economic responses to the Covid-19 pandemic are inclusive and sustainable. CDKN will be the knowledge partner for the Gender Equality in a Low Carbon World programme.

COP26 Resilience Hub report out now The COP Resilience Hub report synthesises the key overarching messages from the activities during COP26 and aims to help set the direction for future actions towards COP27. CDKN supported the Resilience Hub to facilitate the inclusion of diverse voices and promote knowledge-into-action.

Knowledge for transformative action towards a resilient future On 10th November 2021, the Resilience Hub at COP26 hosted a side event to showcase three major, global initiatives that seek to ensure that action to enhance adaptation and resilience stem from a foundation of research, knowledge and learning: CDKN, the Resilience Knowledge Coalition and the Adaptation Research Alliance (ARA). Corina Angheloiu from the Global Resilience Partnership reports.

Can locally-led anticipatory action address climate impacts at scale? There is considerable potential for more locally-led anticipatory action to prepare people for extreme weather and climate events and avoid loss and damage - reports Myriam Castaneda Solares of the START International network, from a COP26 Resilience Hub event. 

The benefits of a gender audit of climate action: Lessons from Ethiopia The Government of Ethiopia has benefitted from undertaking a 'gender audit' of its climate-smart development activities. Medhin Fissha, the former Gender and Social Safeguards Officer of Ethiopia's Climate Resilience Green Economy (CRGE) Facility explains how.

'Our fragile planet is hanging by a thread' - Gutteres Huge work remains, following COP26, to provide the climate finance needed for a rapid transition to a net zero emissions, climate-resilient future, including much-needed loss and damage finance; and to shift global emissions onto a pathway to a 1.5°C world. Mairi Dupar reports.