Biochar, a form of charcoal used to lock up carbon and fertilize soils, offers a promising solutions to air pollution and health issues caused by slash-and-burn agriculture. The Older People’s Clubs (OPCs) in Chiang Mai, Thailand, is producing biochar as a way of addressing these environmental and health-related issues. For OPCs, biochar is a way to manage green waste, transfer knowledge to younger farmers, and tackle air pollution in Chiang Mai, while creating opportunities for additional income.

Following a series of catastrophic floods in Albay Province in the Philippines, people are safeguarding their communities by utilizing bamboo as an innovative form of protection against climate change induced natural disasters.

In rural Kenya, farmers are adapting to a more arid and extreme climate as a result of climate change by choosing drought-resistant seedlings and varieties of vegetables, fruits, herbs and trees.

Smallholder farmers in Cameroon are adapting to the unpredictable rainfall patterns resulting from climate change by using low-cost greenhouses and irrigation systems, packaging machines, vegetable dehydrators and freezers to increase production capacity and efficiency.

2022 Local Adaptation Champions Awards Nominee in the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region of India, local mountain communities are building resilience to climate change through measures including developing clean energy and sustainable tourism.