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For World Environment Day, we hear from Oliver Mukampaila, a maize farmer in Monze, Zambia, and Boyd Chibale from our in-country team about a project that helps communities cope with increasingly extreme droughts.

Oliver Mukampaila, a maize farmer in Monze, Zambia, is celebrating a successful harvest. Despite the terrible drought, he was confident in his crop because of the weather and climate change advice he heard on the radio. Farmers, like Oliver, can access accurate, solutions-focused weather and climate information on the radio thanks to the training we provide to local radio broadcasters and journalists.

The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service's Fifth Floor podcast spoke to Boyd Chibale from our Zambia team about our work to help communities in the country cope with droughts. Our team is working with local radio stations to help people like Oliver understand climate change and find ways to adapt. More than 80% of the population of Zambia is affected by the drought – that's around 9 million people. We work with local partners to ensure communities get lifesaving information to help them become more resilient to these challenges.

You can learn more about how we responded to Zambia's drought here.