Advancing women’s rights and empowerment in climate adaptation
In Peru, women’s lives are being transformed by climate projects designed to put them at the heart of decision-making
Sponsored
See all
Renewed global violence puts pressure on climate adaptation
Climate funds are learning how to keep projects running when conflict breaks out by being flexible and working closely with communities
Neglecting ‘Scope 3’ emissions could sink corporate climate action
For years, businesses have been wrestling with how to reduce emissions outside their direct control. The task remains complicated
The world is getting smaller for pastoralists facing multiple threats
Africa’s herders are trying to maintain their way of life in the face of rising climate stress, conflict and competition for land
Production curbs needed for strong global pact on plastic pollution, campaigners say
Rather than just reusing and recycling ever-growing mountains of plastic waste, it’s essential to tackle the problem at the source
Can climate funders overcome fear to tread in conflict zones?
At COP29, fragile climate-vulnerable countries launched a network aimed at securing the climate finance they say has been slow to come as their needs surge
Aid agencies grapple with climate adaptation in fragile states
Humanitarian groups have pushed ahead with innovative efforts to protect people in conflict zones from worsening climate impacts – but they are struggling to go it alone
Investigating the ‘secret sauce’ of clean energy development
Sponsored content: Three takeaways from a new report on how concessional finance impacts the clean energy sector around the world
Laughter helps deliver sobering messages on climate change
Sponsored content: The Mothers of Invention podcast mixes serious, dense subjects with warmth and humour to help people grasp climate solutions
Climate models meet politics in resilience planning for East Africa
Sponsored content: Changes to rainfall patterns need to be considered alongside development pressures to support subsistence fisher-farmers in the Lake Victoria Basin
The CIF turns 10: unique finance for a unique crisis
Sponsored content: Independent analysis shows the success of a decade of investment in strategic partnerships and programmes to tackle climate
Visual storytelling paves a two-way street for climate knowledge-sharing
Sponsored content: A Future Climate for Africa filmmaking initiative brings farmers into the climate conversation in sub-Saharan Africa
How grants can empower indigenous peoples to protect the climate
Sponsored content: A Climate Investment Funds scheme with forest-dependent communities has exceeded expectations, according to an independent review
The great green wall: can it stop the desert in its tracks?
Sponsored content: New research explores implications of reforestation for rainfall and temperature in the Sahel region of Africa
How embracing ‘awkward’ can spark breakthrough on climate problems
Sponsored content: ‘Learning lab’ process yields fresh perspectives on practical climate concerns in nine African cities
Empowered Indigenous voices drive forest protection
Sponsored content: Community-led projects launch Indigenous perspectives onto the global climate stage
Grant opportunity: £1.5 million pot for African climate research
Sponsored content: The Climate Research for Development initiative offers 15 African scholars a chance to inform climate policy
Solar plant the size of San Francisco powers Morocco’s sunlit ambitions
Sponsored content: A massive solar plant is at the heart of Morocco’s renewables drive
Radio clubs help climate-hit Bangladeshi communities avoid child marriage
Sponsored content: A novel project aims to show girls can be part of the solution to extreme weather impacts, not burdens for their families to marry off
A sanctuary fights to protect coral, fish and the livelihoods that depend on them
Sponsored content: The White River Sanctuary in Jamaica strives to protect a delicate habitat from the threats of overfishing, pollution and climate change
With the clock ticking on 1.5C, we need a new approach to climate finance
Sponsored content: To make real progress on climate requires a multi-sectoral, programmatic approach
Indigenous groups call for attention to climate-forced migration
Sponsored content: Climate negotiations don’t pay enough attention to the losses sustained when communities are forced to relocate, they say
Is dirt the key to a cleaner future?
Sponsored content: We need climate-smarter soil management practices to ensure a low-carbon future
Heatwaves could become a silent killer in African cities
Sponsored content: Policy makers pay more attention to drought and flooding, but extreme heat also poses a significant health risk
Connected LED lighting gives Shanghai’s skyline an eco-friendly facelift
Sponsored content: New lighting could save the city 50-70% of its annual lighting costs
The unglamourous glory of safer streets
Sponsored content: Efficient lighting in Melipilla, Chile, helps locals reclaim public space and frees up resources for other civic needs
Preparing water supply for hurricane impacts in Barbados
Sponsored content: A water sector resilience project helps advance the adaptation agenda in the Caribbean
Solar infrastructure drives a brighter future across India
Sponsored content: A $200 million investment addresses energy demand and creates jobs in India, including at Bhadla Solar Park
Defending Ghana’s forests with seedlings, education and rap music
Sponsored content: A $5.5 million investment helps fight forest loss with agricultural partnerships and training
Purposeful design glitters in light-efficient Shanghai
Sponsored content: Signify installs LED lighting in an award-winning new landmark
After devastation, a new beginning for farmers in Mozambique
Sponsored content: A $15 million investment improves farming resilience in flood-prone Mozambique