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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
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Hotter summer highs means cities face increasingly deadly risks
Cities in Europe, East Asia and Australia - including Paris, Moscow and Beijing - face particular risks, researchers say
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From solar irons to shavers, power push aims to light up incomes
African renewable energy fund backs businesses that aim to cut up-front costs of clean power
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Less water, no soil, more fodder: Kenya farmers beat drought
To guarantee livestock fodder even when pastures are dry, Kenyan farmers are switching to a soil-less culture technology.
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opinion
Tackle floods to beat crime in Senegal
Improving drainage and cleaning up urban areas is reducing flood risk - and crime.
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Fodder farming provides lifeline to drought-hit Kenyans
"It requires less work than maize, and brings more money"
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As fruit trees fall, a hunger threat looms in Kenya
The loss of fruit trees for firewood and charcoal is hurting food security, particularly as droughts lengthen
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Drought-hit Cape Town learns resilience lessons the hard way
Restrictions on water use in Cape Town are "going be a part of what we term the new normal", says one city councillor
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As Africa's need for food grows, Mali’s rice surge shows a way forward
“Africa has the resources, skills, and human and land capacity to move from importer to exporter by eating food made in Africa.”
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Climate change harms health worldwide as millions swelter
125 million extra people exposed to heat waves since 2000
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