Solar roof tiles offer tech boost for Kenya's rural classrooms
New way to provide clean, reliable power in places with patchy grid access helps school children get ahead
As climate change uproots communities, innovation can rescue culture
Community wisdom is often quite transferable and usable in other contexts but it's fragile. How is that conserved as the community moves?
Kenya close to ending drought crises, says local scientist award winner
Droughts regularly decimate herds across Africa, forcing destitute families to abandon their nomadic lifestyle and settle in remote, dusty towns where they fall deeper into poverty
Thirty million
This documentary examines the adverse impact of climate change on Bangladesh's landscape, food security and people
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
Evaluating the progress made in climate change adaptation using indicators of resilience, Part II: Metrics for adaptation
Can we assess adaptation effectiveness on long and short timescales using standard development or ‘well-being’ indicators in conjunction with climate data?
Paris Agreement fires starting gun for faster climate action
Just 10 months ago... no one thought it could enter into force until 2020
Taste for mushrooms helps Tanzanian farmers protect forest
When harvests fail, farmers turn to cutting forests - but growing mushrooms could be an alternative
Planting resilience with tree seedlings
IRD is helping Malian women acquire tree seedlings that will thrive in the country's semi-arid climate.