People water their vegetable crops in a community garden, Jappineh, Gambia

People water their vegetable crops in a community garden in Jappineh, a village in the increasingly dry north-eastern province where UN Environment and partners are helping communities learn about and adapt to climate change in Jappineh, Gambia. Developing a climate-resilient, natural resource-based economy Staff from The Ministry of Environment assess the progress of a new building being supported by UN Environment Programme (UNEP) as part of a climate change adaptation project to help people become better informed and prepared to tackle the effects of the changing weather in Gambia