A passenger plane passes in front of the moon as it makes its final landing approach to Heathrow Airport in London, Britain September 12, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville

Flight to the future: One land's quest to defuse climate 'timebomb'

The self-declared republic of Somaliland in the Horn of Africa is one of the most vulnerable places to climate change and is struggling to adapt for the future

Mapping project seeks to secure 'invisible' indigenous lands

An online project aims to map all of the world's indigenous lands to secure legal rights and alert communities to the threats of illegal logging and mining

China's love of stinky durian 'next big threat' to Malaysian rainforest

Malaysia has already lost vast tracts of rainforest to a thriving trade in wood and palm oil; now China's appetite for the spiky durian risks clearing more ground

Purgatory in paradise: Bahamas tent cities to house Dorian survivors

Officials are planning to erect two 'tent city' relief centers capable of housing around 4,000 people around hard-hit Marsh Harbour on Great Abaco Island

'We just have to brave it': Women face assault on Zimbabwe's public buses

More affordable fares have led to overcrowding on government-owned buses, putting women at greater risk of sexual harassment and assault as they travel, they say

California approves statewide rent control to deal with housing crunch

The bill limits annual rent increases to 5% after inflation and imposes restriction on evictions without cause - a significant factor in the state's burgeoning homeless population

Charities forced to step in as Hong Kong's poor struggle for homes

Faced with some of the world's highest property prices and a wait of more than five years for public housing, thousands are turning to non-profit organisations and social enterprises for help

"Blindsided by the beauty": architects struggle to save Cairo's historic heart

When architect Alaa al-Habashi fell in love with an old Ottoman-era mansion he was told he could pull it down but not restore it

Conflict and disaster force millions from their homes

Natural disasters such as cyclones and floods caused 7 million people to leave their homes, while a further 3.8 million fled conflict and violence