Shinier cities - and fields - could cut extreme heat risk: scientists
If you can bring the extreme temperature down a degree or two you reduce the risks
With solar water, trees grow into a sturdy business in Western Kenya
For drought-hit farmers, trees are proving a reliable new cash crop
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
As Africa's need for food grows, Mali’s rice surge shows a way forward
“Africa has the resources, skills, and human and land capacity to move from importer to exporter by eating food made in Africa.”
Fodder farming provides lifeline to drought-hit Kenyans
"It requires less work than maize, and brings more money"
Tackle floods to beat crime in Senegal
Improving drainage and cleaning up urban areas is reducing flood risk - and crime.
Africa's vegetable evangelist takes on climate change
“Rainfall is no longer predictable as before," says the latest winner of the African Food Prize
Drought-hit Cape Town learns resilience lessons the hard way
Restrictions on water use in Cape Town are "going be a part of what we term the new normal", says one city councillor
Droughts wipe out enough to feed 81 mln people - World Bank
This is an example of a poverty trap.
Less water, no soil, more fodder: Kenya farmers beat drought
To guarantee livestock fodder even when pastures are dry, Kenyan farmers are switching to a soil-less culture technology.