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Climate change may turn Africa's arid Sahel green
"The sheer size of the possible change is mindboggling," says one scientist
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Can crowd funding help scale up solar power for Africa's poor?
Crowd funding investments in developing countries are predicted to exceed $96 billion a year within a decade - World Bank
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Kenyan women boost health and wealth by growing crops in sacks
Sack farming allows families with little access to land and water to eat well and earn an income
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With a touch of paint, India's women slum dwellers battle extreme heat
As summer heat becomes unbearable, simple measures can help people cope better
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Gender bias may limit uptake of climate-smart farm practices
Farmer education programs that fail to address traditional gender roles may sideline women
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Sierra Leone's slum dwellers battle for their homes
A lack of land tenure for Freetown's slum residents mean they feel powerless to improve their homes and communities
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With men gone, women shake up farming in rural Nepal
As Nepali men migrate to find work, women are taking over in the fields - earning them more money and respect
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As students map the weather, an Indian village bests its water woes
A weather station monitored by students - part of a range of water-smart innovations - has turned around a parched village
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Female lead households are most vulnerable
An image from a graphic created at Development and Climate Days in Paris, December 2015.
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Millions more hungry in 2017 amid drought and conflict
"We are clearly seeing a trend now, from 80 million to 108 million, from 108 to 124 million, people literally marching to the brink of starvation around the world."
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