Loans for storing crops help Niger's farmers absorb climate shocks
Lack of storage forces farmers to sell their harvest at low prices - but changing that can help them get ahead
Malian women take up solar cooking to halt deforestation
Groups of women in rural Mali are being trained to use solar cooking technology.
As climate threats grow, Iraq battles a new enemy: Water shortages
Changing rainfall, dams in neighbouring nations, overuse and damage from earthquakes and fighting are leaving Iraq parched, water minister says
More jobs key to dealing with Lake Chad crisis, UNESCO says
Protecting the shrinking lake - and preventing a worsening humanitarian crisis - will require helping people find work, UN official says
Hotter summer highs means cities face increasingly deadly risks
Cities in Europe, East Asia and Australia - including Paris, Moscow and Beijing - face particular risks, researchers say
Hike in record-dry months for Africa's Sahel worries scientists
"There are limits" to how much people can adapt if drought continues to worsen in the semi-arid Sahel, researchers warn
How do economies bounce back after a disaster?
Building risk profiles can help countries recover from disasters
For women in Kenya's dry north, water is power
A new way of funding climate change projects at the local level is giving women more say over the use of precious resources
Access to water, a source of stability for breeders in the target areas of the Consortium Acting for Life/BRACED project
Access to water has allowed us to stay and take care of our families
Participants discuss markets and innovation at the BRACED inception workshop
Participants discuss markets and innovation at the BRACED inception workshop in Dakar, Senegal, in February 2015. TRF/Laurie Goering