A small team in Ghana is using old laptop batteries to create a backup power system they call the PowerTube. It is a unique way to deal with the tons of e-waste imported into Africa each year.

The Kasese district wants to protect the Rwenzori Mountain glaciers and help counter climate change. That's why they're promoting renewable energy.

Shea butter is part of daily life in Africa. The fatty substance from shea tree nuts is used in cooking, salves and moisturizers. A group is trying to convince locals the trees are more valuable alive than used once as firewood.

Creating seeds that are more resistant to dry climates is what startup SeedForward is trying to do. Though based in Germany, they think their ideas can be exported around the world to help increase crop yields.

Ghana is the world's second largest cocoa exporter but production has declined due to crop disease and extreme dry weather. An organization from the Netherlands is helping farmers to replace their old cocoa trees.

Since 2003, Peter Ogwang has protected local communities from the jaws of crocodiles. His ambition is now to move the reptiles to protected areas like national parks.

Most people in rural Cameroon have just one option for cooking — firewood. But recently a group started installing biogas in rural communities. The organization now has ten employees and its own workshop.

She may only be 21 years old but already Beatrice Phiri is tackling one of the biggest issues facing Africa today: climate change. DW follows her activities in Lusaka.

Inmates in Cameroon have found an innovative way to stay busy during their time in prison — they are making environmental friendly flip-flops from used tires. This way they help recycle and can earn some money.

Frequent rockslides in the Alps are endangering whole towns in Austria. Climate change is to blame. The Austrian village of Vals narrowly escaped disaster when tons of rock and rubble slid off a nearby mountain.