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Heatwaves forced millions of children in the Philippines out of school last year. So this school year started 2 months earlier than usual, and the term ends before peak heat. But there are limits to what can be done, with little money available for climate adaptation www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZksY...

How about heatwave adaptation? AFP interviewed residents in thickly concrete Athens, and visited a recently planted micro-forest. But Athens' deputy mayor for climate, Nikos Chrysogelos, acknowledged that Athens "lost an opportunity" and should have started 20 years ago phys.org/visualstorie...

In Vietnam, AFP went to the site of a village wiped away in a landslide triggered by typhoon Yagi. We met Nguyen Thi Kim, a survivor who was relocated to a site with concrete homes, drainage canals and a gentler topography that lessens landslide risks. www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04...

In Porto Alegre, Brazil, the response was: not enough. The floods last year killed nearly 200 people and displaced half a million. Our reporters found that residents worry not enough is being done to buttress the city against another such catastrophe. www.france24.com/en/live-news...

Four AFP teams went to four communities in Brazil, Vietnam, Greece and the Philippines that were hit by heatwaves or extreme floods last year. The question was: are local authorities preparing for the next climate disaster?

Another lesson on how to find “scoops that can rock the world”. Gerard Ryle of @icij.org : “Your audience is your best source. Start with a small story, just be persistent”, and more and more sources will come to you. #IJF25