Skip to main content

Themes & Expertise

Explore our main areas of work

Renewable Energy Women Farmers-01

Agriculture

Making agriculture work better for smallholder farmers, many of them women, so they can adapt to climate change and achieve a good standard of living.

Read More
An image: Deborah blows a whistle during a disaster resilience training exercise. She volunteers in the local ‘brigade’, helping to give her community vital early warnings in the face of destructive floods and landslides.

Climate resilience

Working with people to predict and prepare for natural hazards, to minimise the impact on their lives and livelihoods and reduce the risk of disasters.

Read More
A man showcasing innovative practical action with a light bulb at the Sustainable Energy for All Forum 2022.

Energy access

Helping more people harness the transformational effects of clean affordable energy and to reduce avoidable deaths caused by smoke from indoor stoves and fires.

Read More
A man in an orange vest is standing next to a bicycle.

WASH & waste

Making cities in poorer countries cleaner, healthier, fairer places for people to live and work; with clean water to drink and refuse and sewage safely contained, collected and treated.

Read More

Drawing on the knowledge and experience of our project teams and technical experts, we advise practitioners and policy makers around the world.

Two men planting corn in a field appear on the homepage.

Policy & influence

We inform policy making at global, national and local levels so that decisions are of maximum benefit to the most vulnerable people.

Read More
A woman carrying a basket of vegetables builds resilience and understands landslides.

Practical Action Consulting

Our specialist provider of technical assistance to development practitioners, national and local governments and the private sector.

Read More
A publishing collection of books on a bookshelf.

Practical Action Publishing

Resources for practitioners, researchers and changemakers. Putting affordable knowledge into the hands of people who need it most.

Read More