The climate crisis is the biggest threat to the whole of humanity. At Practical Action we use ingenious ideas to help people in poverty adapt to the new climate reality
Building climate resilience that protects lives and livelihoods
Transforming food production to work for smallholder farmers
Making cities fit for people and planet
Using clean energy to unlock potential
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Turn the tables
The climate crisis is the biggest threat to the whole of humanity - with the power to reverse decades of progress and thrust millions more people into poverty.
Together we can help people adapt to their new climate reality and for a limited time you can double your impact. Donate before 9th March and the UK government will match your gift pound for pound, helping communities in North Darfur to turn the tables on climate change.
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Poor People's Energy Outlook - New Release
PPEO 2019 is the culmination of five years’ research, exploring what it takes to realise the kinds of energy services that enable people living in energy poverty to thrive. The report compiles and updates key messages and recommendations on energy access planning (PPEO 2016), financing (PPEO 2017) and delivering at scale, while also leaving no one behind (PPEO 2018).
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Did you know that catastrophic climate change is hitting families in Sudan right now? Rains that used to fall no longer do. As a result, families are losing their crops, homes and livelihoods.
We know tough problems need ingenious solutions. Find out how we help families in Sudan turn the tables on climate change! fal.cn/35v1V 🍀
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Ingenuity can help overcome the worst effects of climate crisis. Find out how we enable people in Sudan turn the tables on climate change: practicalaction.org/turn-the-tables-1 #growingtheimpossible #UKAidMatch DFID - UK Department for International Development
Ingenuity can help overcome the worst effects of climate crisis. Find out how we enable people in Sudan turn the tables on climate change: practicalaction.org/turn-the-tables-1
Zimbabwe is just one example of how climate change is destroying lives right now but we know things can change.
Our past work in the country shows how an ingenious mix of sunshine, seeds and knowledge sharing can help farmers thrive in extreme conditions and double their harvest.
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We drove for miles and miles through what felt like a climate change wilderness - a parched desert where nothing grows. Most of rural Zimbabwe is now without crops, without livestock and without water. The land is like sand - and the millions trying to live off it are on the brink of starvation. Thi...Climate change is a people issue destroying lives right now. But there’s plenty we can do. It’s time for some ingenuity.
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Women & girls must be able to live, work & move freely, without the threat of violence. Street lighting, like we’re introducing in refugee camps in #Rwanda, can help women feel safer & reduce the risk of violence: https://practicalaction.org/news-media/2018/04/22/renewable-energy-to-enable-refugees-to-transform-their-lives/
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