Paris Agreement fires starting gun for faster climate action
Just 10 months ago... no one thought it could enter into force until 2020
Africa's Great Green Wall could halt youth migration, extremism - experts
Planned wall would see a 7,000 km (4,400 mile) strip of vegetation reaching from Senegal in West Africa to Djibouti in East Africa
Climate and conflict, bedfellows of disaster?
It's impossible to build climate resilience without understanding conflict dynamics.
Rural Kenyans beat rising heat with mud-brick homes
Earth brick homes are cooler, cheaper and more environmentally friendly than more typical stone houses.
Voice of resilience: Kenyan radio builds herders' trust in drought insurance
Explaining to pastoralists via local media how index-based insurance can protect them from climate stresses is persuading them to buy it
Routes to resilience: lessons from monitoring BRACED year 2
This paper shares insights, reflections and lessons learnt from designing, implementing and reporting against the BRACED Monitoring and Evaluation framework.
In India's dry regions, crowd-funding comes to a lake's rescue
Community campaign to de-silt lake has also helped farmer incomes in region hit by farmer suicides
It’s time to stop ignoring conflict in efforts to build resilience
Many climate change adaptation and development efforts work in unstable countries - and that reality needs to be taken into account
Desert-fringed Middle East, North Africa put on drought warning
The region must move away from simply responding to the effects of drought and prepare for the worst, the FAO said.
Weather information by phone in Mali life changing for farmers in Tèrèkungo and Parana
This year, farmers of Mali's Tèrèkungo, Parana and dozens more villages have had access to tailored weather information through a telephone messaging system dubbed "Sandji"