'Do your jobs': Striking students demand leaders act on climateProtests inspired by 16-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg are planned in about 150 countries on Friday as people rally to demand governments take immediate action to limit climate change |
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UN urged by own staff to look at its climate footprintThe United Nations, a 75-year-old institution employing 44,000 people in more than 60 countries, emitted 1.86 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2017 |
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Children suffering eco-anxiety over climate change, say psychologistsA global climate strike by students and workers on Friday is expected to be one of the biggest climate protests on record, with organisers predicting millions will take part |
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Hi-tech mapping has good intentions for land rights but can backfireWhile documenting land data can lead to greater efficiency and increased prosperity, communities must be made aware of the risks, say experts |
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Cambodia, faced with losing European trade status, raises textile workers' wagesCambodia benefits from the EU's "Everything But Arms" (EBA) trade programme, which allows the world's least-developed countries to export most goods to the EU free of duties |
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'The revolution isn't over' say Sudan's frontline female protestersWomen only hold two of the six civilian positions in Sudan's 11-member Sovereign Council, which will run the country for three years until elections take place |
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Confined, beaten and denied leave - but not seen as a slave in IndiaAbout 18 million people in India are working without pay in fields, brick kilns, rice mills, brothels or as domestic workers to repay debts to unscrupulous employers and moneylenders |
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Sierra Leone toughens penalties for sexual violenceThe new legislation sets a 15-year minimum sentence for rape, whereas 15 years was previously the maximum sentence for sex crimes |
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Georgian police arrest 11 in child-trafficking crackdownAmong those arrested were the parents of some of the up to 10 girls involved, who police said were paid between 500 and 3,000 lari ($170 to $1,000) for photographing them |
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U.N. honours activist who helped thousands of refugees return to CongoIn all, 850,000 Congolese have fled abroad and another 4.5 million have been forced from their homes by conflict, according to the United Nations |
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France persuades Germany to consider EU carbon border taxBerlin and Paris said the fight against climate change was a priority for both governments and the creation of a carbon border tax should be an option |
OPINION: Why we support the global climate strikesAs mayors, we have a unique opportunity to bestow a bright and hopeful legacy to the next generation. This is the future we want |
OPINION: Why have we not solved the world's water problem?As stories about water crises continue to make global headlines, the question of what to do lingers and the clock ticks |
OPINION: How to cool down as the world warms up fastFor over 1 billion people, their ability to survive and thrive is undermined without access to sustainable cooling |
OPINION: Care about the climate crisis? Support legal empowermentIt is essential that global action plans to tackle climate change include funding and protection for grassroots justice and land defenders |
OPINION: DR Congo – too many crises for one country?In a country ravaged by several competing crises, assistance must be given based on needs |
OPINION: Canada at a crossroads over law to tackle supply chain slaveryCanada has the opportunity to take informed and ambitious steps to ensure greater corporate accountability |
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