Insurance as protection against disasters - who's it meant to help?
UK hopes new London Centre for Global Disaster Protection will cut poverty and create business opportunities
Are governments finally facing up to the true cost of disasters?
As new ways of calculating disaster losses reveal their full impact, especially on the poor, the case for prevention is getting stronger
Climate-threatened Louisiana rebrands itself as 'master of disaster'
U.S. state moves to protect its coast from erosion and floods, while creating jobs and exportable knowledge
How do you rebuild a country amid bombs and bullets?
The U.N. and its local partners are creating jobs and trying to keep basic services going in conflict-torn Syria
How to get climate finance down to where it matters?
In Africa, models are being built to channel climate cash to communities that decide how to spend it themselves
Move over Trump: People are at the heart of the climate fight
If Trump refuses to face climate change "the leadership will come from other nations, and the private sector – including all the American companies who know the future is not with coal"
Poor women's voices still missing from U.N. climate talks
Rural women are hugely knowledgeable about climate change - but that expertise isn't making it into the negotiations
Economic growth doesn't have to wreck the planet
"Human footprint" maps show people's impact on the environment has slowed
Can the Green Climate Fund defeat its teething troubles?
The fund has issues to iron out before it can disburse large sums to help developing nations tackle climate change
What's the weather in Burkina Faso?
Scientists and aid experts are working to help local people get a better grasp of weather and climate shifts