Tea tree success launches women's battle for cash in arid Kenya
Men weren't interested in tea tree - until the money began rolling in. What happened next?
BRACED Annual Learning Event
The event provides a unique opportunity to connect with technical experts, share ideas, exchange knowledge and be part of a wider community of practice
New ways to lower investment risk seek to propel climate action
How do you boot-strap limited government funds into big cash? Find clever ways to lower the risk for private investors
A journalist's toolkit
12 July, 11:30 UK time (GMT+1) / Snappy headlines, compelling interviews, reliable sources...this discussion will offer tips on how to find and write the best stories.
New technology uses optical and radar satellite data to map pasture
A new tool makes the measurement of change in pasture quality a rapid and automated process
Flooding in Bentiu UN camp in South Sudan
Flooding in Bentiu UN camp, Unity State, South Sudan, Oct 2014.
Approaches to Resilience
Market Approaches to Resilience is a three year programme testing market-based approaches to improving the resilience of vulnerable pastoralist and agro-pastoralist households to climate change
Breaking the gender mold in Ethiopia
Ethiopian agricultural researchers taken to a farming community that they knew well assumed what the men said was sufficient for their research. They were surprised to discover differently
Linking financial services and social protection for resilience: lessons from Kenya
This brief aims to inform policy by helping fill knowledge gaps on both the potential and the limitations of developing links between cash-based assistance and financial inclusion interventions to build the resilience of households to climate-related shocks and stresses
In drought-stricken Mali, women manoeuvre for land - and a future
Malian men control access to land and decide which parts women are allowed to farm - that's a problem for women as erratic weather increases competition for land and harvests