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When a heatwave hits, the immediate danger is clear; working hours reduce, people get ill, and pressure on essential services increases.

A £15m investment to help communities around the world prepare for the impacts of El Niño has been broadly welcomed by climate experts at Practical Action. The announcement by the UK Government is welcome recognition that the best time to act on climate risk is before disaster strikes. The funding will help communities prepare in advance, including measures to protect livestock, reinforce homes and help farming families protect their livelihoods.

Practical Action is launching a new initiative which will map hidden urban hot-spots and create a citizen weather network to help people cope with extreme heat.

We've been working with Indigenous communities in the Bolivian Amazon to tackle the growing wildfire crisis since 2025.

We look at what this inequality means on the ground and what needs to be done to address it.

A new project in eastern India is supporting the recovery of degraded mangrove ecosystems while helping women on the frontline of climate change to build more secure, climate-resilient livelihoods.

New policies and a financial package which could save the Amazon have been proposed by a group of indigenous women from Peru and Ecuador.   

Latin America is home to around 800 Indigenous Peoples, with an estimated population of nearly 58 million people. Today, many of them are facing the direct consequences of deforestation and climate change, which threaten their territories and livelihoods.

When floods hit, information saves lives. In Nepal’s Indrawati river basin, Practical Action and partners helped create a community-led early warning system that combines local knowledge with real-time data. It’s not just about sensors and alerts. It’s about trust, preparation and people looking out for each other. Discover how communities are leading the way in disaster resilience, and why this work must continue.