National governments urged to get behind cities to win climate fightCities are vital to limit global warming because they are home to more than half the world's population and generate three-quarters of carbon emissions |
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Human rights threats in warming world could speed up climate actionFrom migration to hunger, climate change is driving violations of human rights - and focusing on that may be a way to win faster climate action |
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INTERVIEW-Student architects to help build 5 mln cheap homes in PakistanAn ambitious plan to build five million affordable homes within five years in Pakistan will tap student architects and use local materials to keep costs low, a senior government official said |
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Bangladesh rural families shoulder costs of coping with climate changeAnalysis of spending to protect households against climate disasters and clean up afterwards, from global to local levels, shows poor citizens are paying the most |
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World leaders to take stock of 'faltering' global goalsThe high-level summit in New York next week will be the first to focus on the sustainable development goals since they were adopted by the United Nations four years ago |
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Greta Thunberg to U.S. Congress on climate change: 'Wake up'The Swedish teenager is in Washington to join U.S. and indigenous activists to build up support for a global climate strike on Friday and pressure lawmakers to take action on climate change |
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Carrefour cuts ties with Brazilian meat firms tainted by slave laborThe French supermarket retailer - Europe's largest - has pledged in recent years to keep its supply chains free of slave labor |
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Cambodia to curb recruitment fees in bid to protect migrants from slavery abroadMore than two million Cambodians are estimated to be living and working abroad - most of them in Thailand - where hundreds of thousands of migrant workers are undocumented |
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Millions in England one pay cheque away from homelessnessJust under half of working people living in privately rented homes in England would be unable to afford rent for more than a month if they lost their job, the charity said |
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From recycled leather to natural dyes, fashion tries to limit environmental damageFashion is one of the world's most damaging industries. It is responsible for about 10 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions. |
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Among babies and pregnant mothers, a death every 11 seconds, says UNLevels of maternal deaths are nearly 50 times higher for women in sub-Saharan Africa than in wealthy countries, and their babies are 10 times more likely to die in their first month of life |
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