Legal community to bolster Paris Agreement implementation The CDKN team reports on how the legal community is mobilising to ensure that the ambitious Paris climate agreement gets translated to into action.

1.5 degrees target creates a challenge for human ingenuity Scientists gathered in Oxford to debate how world society could hold global temperature rise as close to 1.5 degrees Celsius as possible and meet the challenge of the Paris climate agreement - CDKN's Mairi Dupar reports.

Positive proposals to make green growth inclusive CDKN attended the Global Green Growth Week held in Jeju, Republic of Korea, 5-9 September. Here, CDKN's Ari Huhtala and Mairi Dupar report on debates to address poverty eradication and 'grow green'.

After Paris: Developing countries look first to their own resources to deliver agreement  How are developing countries responding to the high ambitions in the Paris climate agreement? CDKN’s Sam Bickersteth and Mairi Dupar report on the diverse perspectives among countries where CDKN is supporting national climate plans and their delivery: includes insights from India, Ethiopia and more.

Africa LEDS Platform eyes opportunities for 2016 The Africa Low Emission Development Strategies (LEDS) platform, coordinated by CDKN, met recently in Paris to explore some of the big issues and opportunities ahead in 2016. Leo Roberts reports.

Response from CDKN's global, regional and country leads to Paris Agreement Sam Bickersteth, CDKN’s Chief Executive, introduces commentary on the Paris Agreement from CDKN's teams around the world.

COP21 draws to strong end with adoption of 1.5 degree goal A landmark global agreement on climate change was adopted in Paris last night. Kiran Sura, CDKN’s Head of Negotiations Support, Sam Bickersteth, Chief Executive, and Mairi Dupar, Global Public Affairs Coordinator, take stock of the Paris agreement and what comes next.

Mary Robinson - Global solidarity needed to confront climate crisis Yesterday in Paris, Mary Robinson, the former Irish President and champion of human rights and climate action, called for global solidarity to tackle the climate impacts which fall disproportionately on the poorest people.

Bug cuisine - a step toward more sustainable food This weekend in Paris, Development and Climate Days participants considered the carbon footprint of the foods on our plates. Mairi Dupar of CDKN reports.

Participants in Development and Climate Days focus on ‘bold action needed now’ Some 200 people gathered in Paris today for the 13th annual Development and Climate Days to debate how to achieve ‘Zero Poverty, Zero Emissions.’ Discussions at this practitioner-led event centred on the need for bold and immediate action to tackle the challenges of climate impacts on the poor and to seize the opportunities presented by climate compatible development.

Future Climate for Africa promises climate information to tackle development needs Mairi Dupar reports on a special side event at COP21 to launch the Future Climate for Africa programme.

Putting INDCs into action - perspectives from South and North Kiran Sura, CDKN’s Head of Negotiations Support, reports on a COP21 event where the governments of Kenya, Bangladesh, Lebanon and Germany presented insights on how they prepared their INDCs and intend to implement them. Additional reporting by Mairi Dupar, CDKN.