‘Bold action needed now’ was the message at Development and Climate Days
There is a 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
From disaster to preparedness
Join six women from Udayapur as they visit the epicentre of the 2015 Gorkha earthquake, learning from the experience of women there and sharing how they prepare their families and communities for disaster.
Malian women take up solar cooking to halt deforestation
Groups of women in rural Mali are being trained to use solar cooking technology.
Tech helps Caribbean communities take on climate change
Across the Caribbean, decision makers are realising a top-down approach isn’t always the way forward
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
Even poorest can be shielded from drought, say UN chiefs in Ethiopia
Eastern and southern Africa were hit hard last year by drought exacerbated by El Niño that wilted crops, slowed economic growth and drove food prices higher
In drought-hit Zimbabwe, women's "second shift" burden grows
Longer hours of unpaid work to gather scarce water, firewood and food are putting women – and their paid jobs – at risk
Reducing disaster risk through gender and science initiatives
How can we foster better links between disaster risk reduction and gender initiatives to promote sustainable development?
Tanzanian herders, hit by drought, trade firewood for food
Rangelands threatened further as pastoralists struggling to graze animals sell firewood so their families can eat