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Thomson Reuters maintains an extensive database of news stories under the title "AlertNet," describe as "the world's humanitarian news site." Alertnet's daily-updated page on climate change "explores how climate change is impacting the world's poorest and most vulnerable" and "focuses include adaptation, climate compatible development, security issues, disaster risk reduction and forest protection."

Here's a list of recent stories posted on the site: 

ARGENTINA: Faced with worsening drought, Argentina tries to combat a drier future.
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/argentina-tries-to-combat-a-drier-future
BANGLADESH: Cyclone-hit coastal communities are improving their disaster resilience with community-designed elevated homes.
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/resilient-homes-to-help-coastal-bangladeshis-withstand-cyclones/
GUYANA: Rethinking rice growing in the face of more extreme weather is helping Guyana keep incomes up in the face of climate pressures.
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/flood-tolerant-rice-leads-guyana-farm-adaptation-push/
KENYA: A solar-driven well project in Kenya could help ease water shortages, cut fuel costs and carbon emissions and improve health in arid areas of the country.
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/solar-pump-project-aims-to-ease-kenyan-water-shortages/
KENYA: Drought in northern Kenya is putting traditional weather forecasters on the defensive, but new ways of predicting erratic weather are in the plans.
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/kenyan-drought-puts-traditional-weather-forecasters-on-the-defensive
MALAWI: Smallholder farmers struggling with climate change in this southeast African nation are turning to trees to help their crops grow.
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/malawi-farmers-ease-climate-woes-with-fertiliser-trees
MEXICO: As the climate dries, Mexico’s Laguna milk producing region faces an unexpected health threat – arsenic poisoning.
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/as-the-climate-dries-mexicos-milk-region-faces-arsenic-threat
MOZAMBIQUE: Trade barriers are imperilling African food security and stopping affordable food reaching the climate-affected poor in countries like Mozambique, experts say.
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/trade-barriers-imperil-african-food-security
PAKISTAN: Environmentalists are pressing Karachi authorities to draw up an effective strategy to protect its fast-growing population from climate-related disasters.
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/pakistans-cities-wake-up-to-climate-threats/
TANZANIA: Rufiji delta farmers, driven from their fields by salt intrusion, are moving into nearby mangrove forests, sparking conflict as forest protection efforts clash with the need to produce food and protect livelihoods.
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/salty-soils-drive-tanzanian-farmers-into-forest-reserve/
TANZANIA: As drought-stricken Tanzania reels under extreme rainfall, an IPCC author of the latest “extreme weather” report is among those displaced by flooding.
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/drought-stricken-tanzania-reels-under-extreme-rainfall
TANZANIA: In an effort to keep up yields in the face of climate change, Tanzanian farmers are looking to both science and tradition.
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/tanzanian-farmers-look-to-science-and-tradition-to-resist-drought
ZIMBABWE: Farmers are turning back to tradition as rainfall fails, but experts warn traditional knowledge alone will not be enough to cope with coming changes.
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/zimbabwe-farmers-turn-back-to-tradition-as-rainfall-changes
OTHER STORIES
AID: Climate change and rapid urbanisation are expected to play an ever-greater role in humanitarian emergencies, AlertNet finds in a poll of 41 aid groups.
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/disaster-aid-faces-value-for-money-test-survey
CONFLICT: Climate change impacts – from worsening droughts to new pots of climate-related cash for fragile states – may turn out to be a catalyst for worsening conflict, so keeping an eye on politics and the quality of governance may be as crucial to heading off climate crises as breeding drought-resistant crops or protecting forests.
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/politics-may-be-real-climate-hazard/
BLOGS
Shelter from the storm? The world needs a treaty on climate displacement – David Hodgkinson
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/blogs/climate-conversations/shelter-from-the-storm/
A milestone birthday for planet Earth – Peter Bosshard, International Rivers
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/blogs/climate-conversations/a-milestone-birthday-for-planet-earth/
Why is it so hard to make aid climate-smart? – Megan Rowling, AlertNet
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/blogs/climate-conversations/why-is-it-so-hard-to-make-aid-climate-smart/
Why the UNFCCC needs more countries like Mexico – Guy Edwards, Intercambio Climatico
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/blogs/climate-conversations/why-the-unfccc-needs-more-countries-like-mexico/
Questioning the conflict link – Anne Hammerstad, ESRC
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/blogs/climate-conversations/questioning-the-conflict-link/
Breakthrough or procrastination at Durban? – Grzegorz Peszko, EBRD
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/blogs/climate-conversations/breakthrough-or-procrastination-at-durban/
Growing profits – and a greener planet – Darryl Vhugen, Landesa
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/blogs/climate-conversations/growing-profits-and-a-greener-planet/
Collaboration key to easing South Asia crises – Saleem Shaikh and Sughra Tunio
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/blogs/climate-conversations/collaboration-key-to-easing-south-asia-crises/
Developing water-efficient maize for Africa – Jacob D.H. Mignouna, AATF
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/blogs/climate-conversations/developing-water-efficient-maize-for-africa/
Tired of starving children photos? – Carlos Perez del Castillo, CGIAR
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/blogs/climate-conversations/tired-of-starving-children-photos/
Global climate talks face tough legal questions – Quamrul Chowdhury
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/blogs/climate-conversations/global-climate-talks-face-tough-legal-questions/
Sharing ideas at the ‘Third Pole’ – Saleem Shaikh and Sughra Tunio
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/blogs/climate-conversations/sharing-ideas-at-the-third-pole/
Niger starts to tackle soaring population – with the help of imams – Emma Batha, AlertNet
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/blogs/the-word-on-women/niger-starts-to-tackle-soaring-population-with-help-of-imams/
VIDEO
Drought forecasting and humanitarian preparation – IRI
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/multimedia/video-and-audio/detail.dot?mediaInode=d9899c31-d4c2-479c-9928-d8fe0b8dafcb
Meet the AlertNet Climate reporters – Don’t miss our new video featuring the faces and voices of some of our 80 developing world freelance writers from around the globe!
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/multimedia/video-and-audio/detail.dot?mediaType=video&mediaInode=b21abf35-5325-4ebd-8f67-377c2aa41444