The month in pictures: February
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Community Roots, Global Reach: Four climate resilience lessons from Tanzania
By building stronger, more resilient communities now, Tanzania is setting an example for how countries can navigate the complexities of climate change while ensuring environmental sustainability and economic stability
The green economy: Can entrepreneurship help build climate resilient communities?
In Climate Conversation with: Mike Bowles, AKF’s Regional Co-Director for Programmes & Partnerships in North America who previously led AKF’s work and enterprise portfolio. Climate Conversations is a series of interviews with experts from AKF and its partners, exploring how AKF is tackling pressing climate challenges to help communities build resilience and improve their quality of life.
Strengthening climate resilience with drip irrigation in India
By installing drip irrigation, these Gujarati farmers have built their resilience to climate change, leading to enhanced crop yields, improved soil health, and increased farmer incomes.
AKF signs new agreement with the Embassy of Denmark to support coastal communities’ climate resilience in Sindh, Pakistan
The Sindh Coastal Resilience Integrated Programme will focus on addressing climate vulnerabilities and creating economic opportunities for communities most affected by climate change.
What are Nature-based Solutions?
Over the last couple of years, the term ‘Nature-based Solutions’ or ‘NbS’ has increasingly entered the vocabulary of those working in the environment and development space. NbS are widely considered to be an important component in achieving sustainable development and addressing climate change. But what are NbS?
Building climate resilience: How eco-innovators are reducing water stress in the mountainous Kyrgyz Republic
The women running solar-powered flour mills in Uttar Pradesh
Meet Maya Devi and Neelam, inspiring women from Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, who are revolutionising their village with solar-powered flour mills.
Energy Plus: AKF and EU launch €35m programme to improve access to clean energy for 350,000 people in northern Pakistan
New programme part of broader efforts to promote a low-carbon, sustainable economy and society in Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral
“The money we used for chemicals, we now use for food”: How regenerative farming is improving food security and building climate resilience in Madagascar
As farmers in Madagascar struggle to cope with the devastating effects of climate change and the economic shocks it brings, some are turning to regenerative farming
“We haven’t run out of water, but we are going to”
Rising temperatures and historical legacies place the Kyrgyz Republic's vital waterways – and those who depend on them – under pressure