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Drought in Kenya, March 2022.

Climate-risk insurance

Promising examples of climate-risk insurance schemes

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by Renate Bleich
by Dirk Reinhard
by Christian Barthelt
Insurances help to control financial damages: devastation caused by Typhoon Ray in the Philippines in late 2021.

Insurance

Managing climate risk with private insurance

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by Renate Bleich
by Dirk Reinhard
by Christian Barthelt
Harvesting shea nuts in Okere City.

Development project

Project develops rural community with shea butter

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by Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi
Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi

Witchcraft

Dangerous superstition

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by Karim Okanla
Flooded homes in Louisiana after Hurricane Ida.

Extreme weather

USA increasingly hit by weather-related disasters

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by Katie Cashman
Small retail business in Abidjan.

Africa

Informal markets in Africa under pressure

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by Irit Ittner
The village of Dernau in the Ahr Valley in Germany was almost completely flooded in July 2021.

Disaster response

Learning from the catastrophe in the German Ahr Valley

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by Wolf R. Dombrowsky

Work

Female bus conductors on the rise

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by Kilasa Mtambalike
This satellite image shows a collapsed ice shelf the size of New York City in East Antarctica in March 2022. The area had long been believed to be stable.

Relevant reading

Climate hazards are increasing fast

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by Mahwish Gul
Mahwish Gul
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