"[India] The Indian government will be providing unique identification numbers to all children above 5 years old. The UID number will help the government track the progress of each child and to improve the education system. Different agencies will compile biometric data on each child and supply it to the Ministry of Human Resource Development to keep track of indicators such as school attendance and grades."

Notes from IFTF:

"The success of school feeding programmes in Jordan, Morocco and Saudi Arabia has inspired poor countries such as Yemen, Syria and Iraq to introduce similar initiatives for improving the health, nutrition and education of school-age children. The provision of food fortified with micronutrients provides nutritional support and alleviates short- term hunger for school children in the most food insecure areas of these countries."

A new 14000km, ultra-high capacity (5 terabits per second) fibre-optic submarine cable made landfall on the west coast of Western Cape... after landing stops in 13 countries, 11 of which are on Africa's west coast. The cable is the first to be funded by all South Africa's major telecoms operators... The “open access model” employed for WACS (West African Cable System) is a system that allows all the funders or telecoms operators that own bandwidth capacity on the cable to have equal access, despite them not having landing sites of their own...."

Mud crab aquaculture in Bangladesh has become a new form of alternative livelihood in the coastal region, and as climate change affects coastal arable land and various entities support the fledgling sector, it could prove a remarkable adaptation strategy for the landless poor.

The Strategic Foresight Group writes,

Peru and Ecuador are highly vulnerable to economic disruption at the hands of El Nino, but extreme weather also opens some new economic opportunities

FORO writes,

South America is exploring options for nuclear power cooperation and capacity to increase energy supply presently and in the future, though it is unlikely to be a major part of the regions energy portfolio.

FORO writes,

Columbia has recently established a fund to develop mitigation and adaptation programs, and it has a set of relevant research and policy recommendations from international cooperation agencies at its disposal. Floods have already cost Columbia in lives, property, and money, and more pro-active measures could reduce further destruction.

FORO writes,

In the face of high-impact threats from Climate Change, many South American countries are implementing concrete anticipatory measures; however, a richer understanding of impacts are needed.

Mario Bazan of FORO writes,

A recent comparison of 233 countries shows the Bolivia and Columbia will be among the twenty most vulnerable countries to climate change in 2015, taking into account socio-economic dependence on nature, impacts of extreme weather, and weak institutional capacity to respond and adapt. GHG emissions have been increasing, and South American countries must find a sustainable model of development.

Maria Bazan of FORO writes,

Thanks to increased mobile phone access in poor and rural communities the prospect of creating highly efficient disaster warning and tracking systems is increasingly popular. In Bangladesh local governments are already signing contracts with mobile providers to send instant message disaster warnings.