Electric taxi pilot programme to launch in selected Ethiopian cities The second edition of the Ethiopian Environmental Protection Agency's CRGE Highlights newsletter leads with a feature on dVentus, an Ethiopian engineering firm piloting an electric taxi programme in selected cities with government assistance.

Cultivating fields of change This START publication synthesises findings from African 16 research projects on global environmental change, agriculture, and food security.

Finding the regional perspective of climate change reporting S. Gopikrishna Warrier, Regional Manager, Panos South Asia, reports from a recent training programme for the new 2013 journalist fellows.

The current climate of agriculture in the UNFCCC Sam Bickersteth, Chief Executive of CDKN, was closely engaged in UNFCCC discussions on agriculture at the Cancun Conference of the Parties (CoP16) of the UNFCCC and served previously as the Chair of the Global Donor Platform on Rural Development. Here, he reports on the history and future of agriculture in the UNFCCC, and highlights some of the key substantive issues in the debate.

How to strengthen agricultural, livestock and forestry public policies (2013) The brief suggests that the policies generated should have quality in the design, be implemented effectively, and guarantee institutional strengthening, greater awareness through social communication, and political and social support, for achieving its goals.

Index-Based Mortality Livestock Insurance in Mongolia This Inside Story explains how The Government of Mongolia’s Index-Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI) Project is helping Mongolian herders cope with the harsh and unpredictable weather resulting from climate change.

INSIDE STORY: Index-Based Mortality Livestock Insurance in Mongolia This Inside Story explains how The Government of Mongolia’s Index-Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI) Project is helping Mongolian herders cope with the harsh and unpredictable weather resulting from climate change.

Audiovisual shows bring climate research findings directly to African farmers Carolyn Fry interviews Fatema Rajabali, Climate Change Convenor at IDS, about the Climate Photo-audio Project which is using slideshows as a form of digital storytelling to make research findings accessible to farmers in east Africa

The case for evergreen agriculture in Africa: enhancing food security with climate change adaptation and mitigation in Zambia The case for evergreen agriculture in Africa: enhancing food security with climate change adaptation and mitigation in Zambia

Erratic rainfall makes the future uncertain Kevin Henry, Project Manager of CARE’s 'Where the Rain Falls' project interviews farmer and research participant Napandaela Nicodemu, about what it means to live with uncertain rainfall.