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Solar-powered televisions brighten homes in rural Kenya
Key to the success of M-KOPA's solar digital TV kit is an affordable payment plan using mobile phones
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Kenyan youths renounce crime to protect forests
Former drug dealers and thieves alert local chiefs to illegal logging and sell seedlings for reforestation
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Drought-resistant sweet potato tickles Ugandan palates
Farmers in Uganda are switching to growing sweet potato as a strategy to cope with drought and improve food security
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Online cow shopping gathers pace among Kenyan farmers
As worsening drought hits, "Cowsoko" allows hard-hit cattle owners to buy and sell stock online
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BRACED Update
Can BRACED help give women a bigger voice in Myanmar?
Women need to be more active in decision making to build resilience to climate extremes and disasters
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Article
Text message alerts prove life saver in flood-hit Nepal
More than 4,000 people were evacuated after a series of text alerts were sent to people living in flood-prone areas.
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opinion
Evaluating the progress made in climate change adaptation using indicators of resilience, Part I: Introduction
Introduction to global climate finance and the mismatch in timescales of intervention and time needed for actual adaptation
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Women, LGBT people 'invisible' victims of disasters – experts
It's clear they're being disproportionately affected "but what is missing is the hard evidence of how," says one disaster risk specialist
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In Pakistan, a high mountain water pipe brings a bonus: peace
Better water storage and a more secure supply mean conflicts over water are declining - and harvests are growing
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opinion
From mangoes to maize, climate change brings new hunger threats
A warming world raises "scary" prospects for poor food producers who face lower harvests and competition for land
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