Livestock drives resilience in drylands
Drylands can drive inclusive and climate-resilient economic development in some of the world’s poorest countries.
Building climate resilience in Burkina Faso
Find out more about our climate resilience work in Burkina Faso. Here, Romain Cardon, Project Director for BRACED, describes our aims for the 3-year programme and outlines some of our activities.
Planting the seeds of resilience
How can certified seeds help tackle climate change?
Governments must recognise wastewater as resource - U.N.
"Wastewater itself is a valuable resource... We need to stop seeing it as a burden to be dealt with. It's not a waste and should not be a waste, especially in this world of water scarcity."
Maasai manure helps Kenya's drought-hit herders fight hunger
Livestock keepers are starting to sell manure for fertiliser, profiting from an underused resource and boosting farmers' yields in tough climate times
Climate adaptation efforts must start with listening - experts
"When we design development programmes, we look at the needs of scientists and development workers rather than those of communities"
What works to build urban resilience – and what doesn’t?
It’s more complicated than you might think – but consulting people on what they want is a good start
Forecasting: the future of disaster preparation?
Improved forecasts pave the way for better disaster preparation
Child marriage on rise in in drought-hit Ethiopia
As El Nino brings worst drought in years, there's a risk of "full-blown disaster," Oxfam says