Seven ways to build resilient local economies in fragile contexts
Approaches developed in Mali, Senegal, Kenya and Tanzania offer insights for building resilience in areas facing risks of climate change, disasters and conflict.
Sri Lankan investment in disaster risk insurance gives fast payoff
First national policy, bought 6 weeks ago, provides help to those flattened by flooding and a major landslide
Adapting farming techniques – and behaviours
Farmers in this drought-hit region of Burkina Faso learn to diversify their production, use drought-tolerant seeds and improve soil fertility.
Living with water in urban Senegal
In Dakar, the capital of Senegal, rain flood waters have been worsening, destroying property, spreading disease and damaging local economy. A new flood water capture programme is changing all of that. There are plans to expand the program, but in the meantime, there are some problems. The local community leader explains.
Household resilience to El Niño-driven drought
To cope with drought, communities in Kombolcha are switching to khat farming
Without women, African agriculture won't withstand climate change
Don't look at women as passive victims of climate change. They can be driving efforts to adapt
Resilient risk governance: experience from the Sahel and Horn of Africa
This report explores how local risk governance systems and institutional arrangements can mediate people抯 access to services that build resilience.
Investors could pour billions into small farms and forest protection
"There are trillions of dollars of money looking for a home," says one investment banker
Changing demographics may alter climate vulnerability - researchers
Data suggests life expectancy in Europe could rise by 20 years by 2100, while Asia's sex ratio, now skewed toward more boys, could even out over the same period
More global warming, more action to cope?
If Trump’s election slows the drive to curb climate change, efforts to adapt to a hotter planet may need to surge