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Over 100 million people are displaced by conflict, environmental disasters, and other crises in the world. More than 90% of them lack access to sufficient energy, which is critical for survival, safety, and economic resilience. As this figure grows, it presents a significant challenge, both for host countries and the international community.

Over the past decade, two fundamental desires have shaped my worldview: the need to be understood and the drive to understand others. These concepts have come into sharper focus over the last three years as the global conversation on climate change—an issue close to my heart—has taken a new direction, focusing on localisation, decentralisation, and ownership.

Thousands of Indigenous people in Bolivia will integrate their traditional knowledge into formal disaster risk management plans in the face of increasing climate threats.

For years, the Blue Nile region in Sudan has undergone prolonged humanitarian and developmental crises driven by ethnic and political disputes. This conflict has led to widespread displacement, disrupted agriculture, and a collapsed local economy.

Critical work in Peru and Ecuador will help nearly a third of a million people live sustainably, protect millions of hectares of pristine land and maintain vital biodiversity.

The escalating threats posed by extreme heat and increasingly destructive wildfires and storms has led an alliance funded by the Z Zurich Foundation to significantly expand its work.

Practical Action is facilitating a session on eliminating open waste burning at the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) Congress, 15-18 September 2024.

Thousands of vulnerable people living in or near the Mbeubeuss Landfill Site in Dakar, will benefit from new air quality sensors installed by Practical Action.

Markets and private sector investment are an important driver of community-based adaptation. Without them, publicly funded adaptation initiatives, no matter how efficient or impactful they are, will mean that communities and countries fail to effectively adapt to climate change.