Kenyan festival drums up appetite for climate adaptation
How do you get climate information to herders spread over vast distances? A festival might be the answer
Can new global goals transform the world’s poorest countries?
Governments should seize the opportunity to come up with a fresh approach to development, experts say
Preparing for drought: my reflections from Turmi
Can alternative livelihoods help people in Ethiopia's South Omo deal with climate hazards and reduce losses and damage?
Measuring progress toward climate resilience – what's in the toolbox?
How effective are tools designed to assess resilience in the face of climate change?
A woman picks herbs in her garden in Pikine, Senegal
A woman picks herbs in her organic microgarden alongside a "Living With Water" project basin in Pikine, Senegal.THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION/Jürgen Fauth
Participants at the BRACED inception workshop in Dakar, Senegal
Participants at the BRACED inception workshop in Dakar, Senegal, in February 2015. TRF/Laurie Goering
Top-up, piggyback or shadow: How to make aid work more efficiently
Combining emergency aid with social protection can make help more nimble and resilient. Here are six ways to do it
Loans for solar systems make power affordable in rural Kenya
Access to credit enables villagers to buy solar equipment in instalments - easier and cheaper than a grid connection
Insurance for poor could protect the most disaster-vulnerable - governments
With only 5 percent of losses in poor countries covered by insurance, boosting coverage could help save lives