Mercy Corps turns to WhatsApp to link sustainable agriculture group
Mercy Corps Kenya is innovatively using WhatsApp and Facebook to communicate to its staff and consortium members
Development & Climate Days
This year’s Development and Climate Days (‘D&C Days’) will focus on fulfilling the ambitions of the Paris climate agreement to ensure resilient and equitable development.
Next 50 years will determine humanity's outcome "for 10,000 years"
If temperatures rise 4 degrees Celsius, it will be the first time this has happened since before modern humans existed
In India's parched Bundelkhand, drought brings a tide of migration
As lengthening drought becomes the new normal, a parched region between India's Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh states is clearing out
Local climate funds can help ensure community-driven solutions to climate change
Communities often know how to adapt to challenges stemming from climate change, but they lack access to and control over the funds which could help them put these solutions into practice
Let's enlist the Paris climate deal to build resilience
We are nowhere near balancing resilience with efforts to reduce emissions - the new deal signed on Friday offers a chance to change that
How can we measure resilience? Mobile phones – and the right questions – can help
Phone surveys and efforts to ask people what they think makes them resilient may change some old ideas
What impact are NGOs having on the wider development of climate services?
The paper challenges the notion that climate information services (CIS) can be effectively delivered directly to communities without engaging with – and building capacity of – national official CIS providers.
Sun and Data': Mallorca upgrades to a green tech future
As an alternative to tourism, Spanish island courts tech firms that are developing smart ways to manage natural resources
5 cognitive biases in climate risk management
This infographic explains 5 common shortcuts, how they play a role in decision-making related to climate risk management, and strategies to outsmart our tendency to use shortcuts.