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Flood-hit farmers in Nepal get first pay-out under new climate insurance scheme

The southern African country of Zimbabwe is better prepared for the impact of climate change than it was two years ago

Thousands of smallholder farmers in Burkina Faso will boost their food production, thanks to a new project investing in better access to and use of clean energy.

The ability of energy access to improve incomes, health, and wellbeing, combined with the growing severity of the climate crisis, has increased interest in its potential to enable climate change adaptation.

Renowned restaurant, Wahaca choose Practical Action to raise money for International Women’s Day

The twin challenges of sustainable development and climate change have increased interest in the role that energy access can play in enabling adaptation to climate change.

Human and financial losses from disasters are increasing. Changes to the climate along with widening social inequalities will progressively make them worse. COP27 highlighted the need to prioritise reducing the risks and impacts from climate exacerbated natural hazards.

People highly vulnerable to climate change will benefit from a huge £390,000 grant awarded to Practical Action by the Prince of Wales Charitable Fund (PWCF)

Practical Action’s purpose for almost 60 years has been to work with people living in poverty so that they can transform their lives and influence wider systems change so that the changes can be sustained and scaled.