Urban life, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Image of an urban scene in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in the Caribbean.

Agriculture: Burnt agricultural land, Egypt Image of a child sitting next to burnt out agricultural land in Egypt.

Image of coal power plant, Mexico Image of coal power plant, Mexico.

Sandbags in Mexico Image showing sandbags being used to prevent coastal erosion in Mexico

Sugar cane harvest in the Dominican Republic Image of a sugar cane harvest in the Dominican Republic

Commercial dock in Casablanca, Morocco Image of a dock in Casablanca, Morocco.

Cartagena port, Colombia Image of a Cartagena port, Colombia

REPORT: Targeting Zero Zero About 1 billion people currently live in extreme poverty, surviving on less than $1.25 a day

Policy Brief : Effective support for climate change adaptation: Key tasks for the Green Climate Fund in 2015 The Green Climate Fund - whose Board meets next week in Songdo, Korea - is set to become the world's largest adaptation finance institution. How should it spend the money? A new policy brief from the Climate Finance Advisory Service explores the issues.

Inside Story : Building resilience to climate change locally - The case of Valenzuela City, Metro Manila Valenzuela City is one of the 16 cities that make up ‘Metro Manila’. The confluence of these rivers makes Valenzuela vulnerable to flooding during high tides and also to regular flash floods. Ecosystem-based disaster risk management and climate adaptation approaches are proving successful in helping communities to cope.