Five nations are behind a four-year initiative to inform decision-makers about climate change and give them the tools to tackle it locally.

Nepal sees waste-to-energy projects as a way to meet energy demand and also manage waste.

Without new policies, universal access to electricity will not be achieved by 2030 and the situation may even worsen for clean cooking, predicts a study.

The latest studies predict adverse or ineffective outcomes of atmospheric geoengineering, and scientists are calling for better governance.

The tsunami that hit the Chilean coast in 2010 left behind a ‘natural laboratory’ for studying the impact of sea level rise due to climate change, a study says.

The science of community-based adaptation is just emerging, and a new network will aim to share and scale up knowledge.

By putting energy efficiency measures, greenhouse gas reduction and territorial organisation in place, Cuba seeks to mitigate climate change.

A new ground study confirms a trend in tiny polluting particles rising over India.

Jordan is set to become the first Arab country to have a policy on mitigating and adapting to climate change, according to its government.

Climate change will make some parts of Saudi Arabia hotter and drier, with other parts seeing increased surface run-off, say scientists.

Food security in Burundi could be improved by new hybrid maize seeds, but only if the seeds are affordable to farmers, say researchers.

With a new study predicting temperature increases of three times the global average by 2050, farmers and fishermen could see outputs plunge.

Harnessing bio-science can drive socioeconomic transformation and boost food security in Africa, agricultural innovators say.

Pakistan's revamped Global Climate Change Impact Centre is set to give the country a bigger role in climate studies.

Surging demand for quinoa brings in money, but it is ruining farmland and putting the crop out of reach of local consumers, say scientists.

Datasets relating to national climate change vulnerability in 2010 and predictions for 2030 are now available freely via an online portal.

Combating climate change in India calls for gathering scientific data at the district and village levels, say experts.

A review calls for more research on how climate change affects plant diseases in Africa.

Pakistan's newly launched climate change policy has an international approach but leaves implementation to provincial governments.