Medicine

This report presents evidence on the effects of climate change on the health sector in Africa, including threats to health and development investments, and opportunities to achieve health targets.

This article describes how a social enterprise is helping to eradicate the malaise of open defecation by providing eco-friendly bio-toilets (or bioloos).

The project will promote active collaboration among six key stakeholder groups and aims to strengthen community based adaptation to climate-sensitive malaria, Kenya.

Among vector-borne diseases that are sensitive to climatic and weather conditions, dengue fever is being seen as one of the...

Ecosystem-based approaches to reduce social vulnerability are a promising option for sustainable and efficient adaptation to climate change. Ecosystem based Adaptation (EbA) is part of overall adaptation, and takes into account multiple social, economic and cultural co-benefits for local communities. EbA encompasses adaptation policies and measures that take into account the role of ecosystem services in reducing societal vulnerability, through multi-sectoral and multi-level approaches.

Summary of country findings: Rwanda This study is one of 5 country studies (Bangladesh, Malawi, Nepal, Rwanda and Tanzania) exploring...

The majority of people involved in this study are chronically vulnerable to a range of stresses including climate risk. 70%...

Geography Map showing Vallegrande area The physiology of the study area comprises different altitudinal ecological zones: the head of valleys...

Introduction This page looks at the impacts of climate change on different sectors in Bolivia. It forms part of a...

Gumutindo Coffee Cooperative is an organisation of smallholder coffee farmers who produce washed Arabica for the speciality coffee market and...