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Cracked earth at edge of lake

Water security and climate change: Facts and figures

Climate change will affect the water security of developing countries. Lucinda Mileham explores their priorities as they struggle to cope.

15 September 2010 | EN | ES | FR | 中文

Water collecting tank

A roof, a tank and rain

All it takes is a roof, a gutter and a tank to lift the poor out of water drudgery. But is it that simple, ask Aisling Irwin and Aditya Ghosh?

15 September 2010 | EN | ES | FR | 中文

A Ladakh woman farming

Farming high in a Himalayan desert

With artificial glaciers and more, a Himalayan region is regaining food self-sufficiency, writes Surabhi Pudasaini.

22 February 2010 | EN

Farming without soil

Is hydroponics — a system using no soil and very little water — a route to increased food security? Some Cape Verdean farmers think so.

Source: IRIN

6 March 2009 | EN

Tibetan plateau

Tibetan plateau melts in the face of climate change

The Tibetan plateau is feeling the effects of climate change, with glacial retreat and permafrost degradation among the effects.

Source: Nature

30 July 2008 | EN | 中文

Caught in the monsoon rain in India

Poor prediction models for Asian monsoon

Current models cannot properly predict monsoon rainfall in Asia — or how it will be affected by global warming, writes Jagadish Shukla.

Source: Science

12 October 2007 | EN

Rainfall on the Serengeti, Tanzania

Hindsight on African rainfall forecasts

Anthony Patt, Laban Ogallo, and Molly Hellmuth look back over ten years of Climate Outlook Forums for rainfall prediction in Africa.

Source: Science

9 October 2007 | EN

A logging road in Kalimantan, Indonesia

How to rehydrate a peatland rainforest

Lucy Williamson reports on the problems faced by a project to rehabilitate Indonesia's depleted peatland rainforests.

Source: BBC Online

14 February 2007 | EN | 中文

Collecting rationed water in Mali in 1993

Wet or dry? Sahel's uncertain future

Climate change in Africa's Sahel region challenges researchers and policymakers because the best models around predict opposite outcomes, reports Catherine Brahic.

5 June 2006 | EN