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Solar dry, soldier fly, AI: Africans fight hunger with home-grown innovations

Africans are coming up with innovative solutions to overcome the effects of climate change on food production.
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Podcast: ‘Dynamic Drylands’ explores new ways of thinking about aid, development and resilience in the drylands of Africa and the Middle East

In this podcast series, broadcaster Bola Mosuro talks to researchers, aid workers and herders about some of the new crises facing the drylands and the dynamic ways in which people are responding to meet them.
Overseas Development Institute
International Livestock Research Institute
Mercy Corps
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Application of African indigenous knowledge systems and practices for climate change and disaster risk management for policy formulation

This paper assessed the application of the African indigenous knowledge of and practices for climate change and disaster risk management by African governments in policy formulation and implementation.
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Assessing the characteristics of coastal neighbourhoods that influence flood susceptibility in Kosofe, Nigeria

The specific research objective seeks to assess the dimensions of neighbourhood characteristics that influence flood susceptibility in Kosofe, a suburban coastal community in Lagos, Nigeria.
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How Nigeria is reeling from extreme heat fueled by climate change

With records of heat and its impacts lacking in Nigeria, Carbon Brief speaks to doctors, farmers and meteorologists about how this episode of extreme weather is affecting the country.
Carbon Brief
waste plastic bottles and other types of plastic waste at the Thilafushi waste disposal site
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Can Nigeria turn the tide on plastic pollution?

When it rains heavily in Lagos, the torrents of water gushing down streets and sidewalks sweep up disposable drinks cups, plastic bottles and packaging and dump them into the coastal city's drains and waterways.w
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Crop index insurance as a tool for climate resilience: lessons from smallholder farmers in Nigeria

This study contributes to filling the gaps on the uptake of index insurance and provide guidance to policymakers in their approach to mitigating the effects of climate change on crop production in Nigeria.
Waste laying on the streets in Nigeria. Yellow tricycles pass the waste along the road.
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YouthADAPT challenge winner Ecobarter: Transforming waste into value to combat urban flooding in Nigeria

In the face of climate change, YouthADAPT Challenge Winner Ecobarter helps vulnerable urban communities in Nigeria lower flood risk through sustainable waste management.
Global Center on Adaptation

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