As farms dry up, Kenyan women switch to clean energy businesses
Clean energy businesses are giving women steady income and protecting forests, which in turn help stave off drought
G7 punch below weight on funding for gender-equal climate adaptation
Climate change is exacerbating inequalities, and governments need to invest more to protect women from its impacts
Small farmers can overcome climate change and feed the world - Zimbabwe farmer
Many small farmers are using agroecology techniques that include using natural methods to improve the soil and protect against pests
Building Resilience for All: Intersectional approaches for reducing vulnerability to natural hazards and climate change: findings from Kenya
This note provides insights from the BRACED report ‘Building resilience for all: intersectional approaches for reducing vulnerability to natural hazards in Nepal and Kenya’, which highlights challenges and opportunities for understanding intersecting inequalities and delivering effective intersectional approaches that help build resilience to natural hazards and climate change. It presents findings from the Kenya study. A companion paper analyses findings from Nepal.
In the Sahel, solar power can help ward off extremism - official
Access to clean energy enables people to cope better with climate change - a root cause of insecurity in the region
Human frontiers: How much heat can the body and mind take?
"We tend to think we're stronger than nature - but we're not," explorer says
In Morocco's hills, tourist dollars could keep argan oil flowing
In an ambitious project, the U.N. is hoping tourism can be enlisted to help pay locals to protect shrinking argan forests
When the cat catches the sun: Translated forecasts aid farmers
Getting translations right - particularly into local languages - can give farmers the tools they need to adapt to climate change
Climate change lacks 'the immediacy of now' in conflict zones
Climate change can contribute to conflict - but it's hard to focus on in conflict areas with pressing immediate needs
Applying resilience thinking in BRACED – how resilience is interpreted in consortia projects and processes
How resilience is interpreted in consortia projects and processes