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Green roads and hydropower reservoirs - the necessary match

Dossier: Green Roads for Water

Road-side forest belts in Tajikistan

Local water management organizations – do they make a lasting impact?

Community and Ward-Level Committees Leading Climate Action in Kenya

Flood 2025 and Loss of Mango Orchards in Punjab, Pakistan

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Road with orchards on the sides used to catch water, part of the Drain2Grain project

Harvesting Road Runoff: How the Drain to Gain Project Enhances Resilience

by Anastasia Deligianni, Nancy Kadenyi and Theophilus Kioko In Kenya’s Makueni County, where semi-dry lands and unpredictable rains shape everyday … Continued

Melons & Milestones: How Tribal Women are Growing Watermelon Success with FPO Support in Keonjhar, India

by Mainak Chakrobarty Keonjhar is a district in northern Odisha, India. Its topography is harsh with difficult conditions for agriculture. … Continued

Training, but then Problem-Based

by Jan Teun Visscher, Taha al-Washali, Osama Al-Jalaini, Belal Al-Shuja’a and Frank van Steenbergen … Continued

Women meeting inside community house as part of the Reversing the Flow program in Sudan

Navigating Conflict to Build Climate Resilience and Empower Communities in Sudan

By Izzeldin Hashim Mohammed (SOS Sahel), Rwnag Mohammed, Femke van Woesik This blog is part of a dossier on locally-led … Continued

Steering committee meeting around a table, as part of the Community-Led Climate Adaptation

Collaborative Decision-Making in SOS Sahel Sudan: A Community-Driven Approach

By Izzeldin Hashim (SOS Sahel Sudan), Rwnag Mohammed, Femke van Woesik This blog is part of a dossier on locally-led … Continued

Nebhana Dam in August 2024 with water levels of water under the safety level

The thin lifeline: groundwater in the Nebhana system (Tunisia)

By Rahma Brini, Abdelhamid Mnajja, Mourad Ben Amor, Nabil Rehaiem, and Yosri Gafsaoui … Continued

dam failures in Balochistan floods, Pakistan

From Dam to Damage in Balochistan

By Ashfaque Soomro and Frank van Steenbergen The 2022 floods in Pakistan originated from dry hill territory in the … Continued

Flood Evacuations: Tough Realities

By Ashfaque Soomro and Frank van Steenbergen Evacuating is tough for everyone, saving one’s life and one’s belongings during disaster. … Continued

Aereal view of plith builted as a Community-Led Disaster Risk Reduction in Gaibandha and Kurigram districts of Bangladesh

Community-Led Disaster Risk Reduction in Bangladesh

Jannatul Naim, Shaira Rahman (Friendship NGO) This blog is part of a dossier on locally-led adaptation, featuring insights and lessons … Continued

Kenyan and Bangladeshi community members discussing climate finance at CBA18 in Arusha, highlighting power dynamics in language during development talks

Words matter in many ways: on jargon

Frank van Steenbergen & Femke van Woesik This blog is part of a dossier on locally-led adaptation, featuring insights and … Continued

10-year timelapse for the Al-Habbaniyah lake mape

Al-Habbaniyah Lake in Iraq: Symptom of a Growing Crisis

By Farah Kamaleddine Despite being home to the historic Euphrates and Tigris rivers, Iraq is facing severe water shortages affecting … Continued

Understanding why Sindh Faces Frequent Flooding: Insights from a Provincial Consultative Dialogue

By Ashfaque Soomro and Dr. Frank van Steenbergen Sindh, the Southern province in Pakistan, the land of prehistoric culture and … Continued