Has India's 'airpocalypse' put the poor more at risk from coronavirus?

From migrant workers breathing dirty city air to women cooking with smoky fuels, pollution-affected Indians may face a high threat

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Coronavirus crisis threatens to cut off clean electricity lifeline for poor

Off-grid electricity providers fear customers who lose jobs due to the COVID-19 pandemic will be unable to make payments, while broader financing dries up

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As Earth Day turns 50 amid lockdowns, environmental action goes digital

With anniversary celebrations limited by the coronavirus pandemic, environmental campaigners are taking their gatherings online

As Amazon fire season looms, smoke and coronavirus could be 'a disaster'

As deforestation rises, the combined coronavirus pandemic and smoke from fires could threaten health and the environment, researchers say

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UK citizens' assembly calls coronavirus a 'test run' for greener lifestyles

"This has opened up my mind that we can make these changes, like working at home," said one member of the 110-strong group

Kashmir fells trees in effort to fight coronavirus panic

Poplar trees blamed for seasonal allergies are being axed - despite medical officials saying there is no evidence they are a problem

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Q&A: How the mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone, is preparing for COVID-19

Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr talks to the Thomson Reuters Foundation about the challenges of keeping residents safe in Sierra Leone's capital

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Boost for Kenya's farmers as children lend a hand during coronavirus

As outbreak closes schools, Kenyan farming families welcome help on the land from young people - and plan to use the money saved for their education

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Coronavirus: IFAD chief and Idris Elba join to help farmers

The agriculture agency will give $40 million to a fund launched by Idris Elba to help farmers in poor nations. The Thomson Reuters Foundation spoke to IFAD's president ahead of the announcement

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Virus-hit Asian nations brace for double disasters as extreme weather looms

As the season of monsoons, heat waves and cyclones hits, many Asian and Pacific Island nations fear being stretched too thin

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Rising seas could make U.S. coastal flooding a daily peril by 2100

In coming decades, what are now twice-a-century coastal floods could become much more frequent - and costly

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Somalia races to save livelihoods as new locust generation spawns

A second generation of desert locusts has spawned just as crops are being planted for the new season

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ANALYSIS-Urban farms to traffic bans: Cities prep for post-coronavirus future

As cities aim to become more self reliant and resilient, they are taking steps to improve food security, live more sustainably

Canada earmarks energy aid funds to reduce emissions

Aid package will help sustain 10,000 jobs in environmental clean-up and emissions reductions, as companies grapple with coronavirus pandemic

British people hail cleaner air and community spirit under lockdown

Lockdowns bring cleaner air and stronger social bonds, with just 10% saying they want to return to life as before

OPINION: Post virus, let's rebuild climate-smart, healthier and equitably

As hard-hit cities recover from the coronavirus pandemic, stimulus spending needs to ensure we shift to a more sustainable path

OPINION: Coronavirus and climate disasters: Small vulnerable countries face dual threat

With too little funding, small islands are struggling to battle extreme weather and hold off the pandemic at the same time

OPINION: COVID-19, air pollution and cooking: a deadly connection

Almost 3 billion people still rely on open fires or inefficient stoves to cook, filling their homes with harmful smoke and increasing their vulnerability to respiratory infections