COP21: 20 on-the-ground reports from Africa and South-East Asia

African and Madagascan journalists campaigning for the environment

- Lalatiana Ariniaina, blogger and founder of Ampela Miblaogy, the blog of a curious Madagascan woman (Madagascar)
Madagascar's peasant farmers discover permaculture: Climate change is an opportunity to imagine new ways of thinking about our relationship with the Earth and with nature.
Hôtel Happy: how one man is making a difference: Meeting a Madagascan hotelier who has made renewable energy a central plank of his business model.

- Sophie Mbugua, freelance journalist (Kenya)
Kenyan fishing town swaps boats for mangroves and mariculture: How one Kenyan fishing community is adapting to the devastating effects of climate change on its way of life.
Cycling for climate justice in Africa: A group of climate activists is cycling through nine African countries to raise awareness in local communities about what COP21 means for Africa.

- Rivonala Razafison, journalist for the online news sites Africa Review and Scidev.net (Madagascar)
Madagascar could lose two thirds of its forests by 2100: Tackling deforestation, a major issue in the struggle to preserve biodiversity and combat global warming.

- Andrew Chale, journalist and blogger for the online news site Dewjiblog (Tanzania)
The impact of climate change on the Mafia islands in Tanzania: Rising sea levels are already making themselves felt, yet measures to adjust to these transformations and educate the population are still in their infancy.

- Dotto Paul Kahindi, blogger and founder of the tabianchiblog website (Tanzania)
Villagers use natural techniques to combat the effects of climate change: To counteract increasing drought, villagers in Ngofila Kishapu county have succeeded in developing reforestation and beekeeping projects to generate income and preserve their ecosystem.

- Michel Nkurunziza,journalist for The New Times (Rwanda)
Government adopts SMS use in early disaster warning mechanism: The Rwanda Meteorological Agency is helping to prepare the population for the effects of extreme weather events linked to climate change.
Indigenous knowledge key to climate change adaptation: Integrating local and traditional know-how into measures to adapt farming.

- Maureen Odiwuor, journalist at The Standard (Kenya)
Nyakach farmers adopt special sheep, goats to counter harsh climate

Asian media sources active in the fight against climate change

- Rappler (Philippines):
online newspaper
Meeting Philippine communities who are adapting to global warming:

• Signals : Indigenous communities and climate change
• The Commuter's change calculator

- Inquirer(Philippines):
online version of the Philippines' leading newspaper, the Philippine Daily Inquirer
Climate change: typhoons in the Philippines are getting stronger and more frequent.How are typhoon-hit regions adapting?
Special website dedicated to COP21 and climate change:

• Pinas to Paris
• Intense: Stronger storms

- Philippines Environews (Philippines):
website maintained by Philippine Network of Environmental Journalists
The human dimension of climate change. An investigation in five articles.

• 'Haiyan' 2 years on: disaster prompts call for climate action
• The long, painful road to recovery 2 years after typhoon Haiyan slammed Philippines
• Super Typhoon Haiyan: Images of THEN and NOW
• Humans of 'Haiyan'
• Housing rushed for thousands of displaced typhoon survivors

- CTN (Cambodge):
Cambodia's leading TV channel
How Cambodian farmers are adapting to global warming

- Bangkok Post (Thaïlande):
Thailand's oldest and biggest daily newspaper
Tumult in the sea heralds bad times: Thai fishermen are at the forefront of climate change and feeling the effects