Climate adaptation summit hears dire warnings but misses action to match

U.S. climate envoy John Kerry and others say poorest will suffer the most from a failure to build resilience, but concrete progress is slow to come

Crafting COVID-19 recovery plans to recycle more could slash emissions

Housing, transport and food account for almost 70% of planet-warming emissions and are key areas where strategies to become 'circular' could have biggest impact, report says

Thousands protest Australia Day despite COVID-19 concerns

For many Indigenous Australians, who trace their lineage on the continent back 50,000 years, the Australia Day holiday is known as Invasion Day

'Resilient recovery': Cities link pandemic, climate adaptation responses

1000 Cities Adapt Now initiative will focus on tackling water issues - from stormwater to drought – and using natural systems to protect urban areas from climate change impacts

Biden overturns ban on transgender people serving in the U.S. military

Former President Donald Trump froze the recruitment of trans servicemembers in 2017

Pandemic changes may point way to sustainable cities of the future

Greater flexibility in working hours could ease congestion and energy demand surges, experts say

Pioneering AIDS researcher and doctor Joseph Sonnabend, 1933-2021

Joseph Sonnabend, pioneering AIDS researcher and physician, changed the way in which the virus was viewed both by the gay community and the wider world

Emergency calls on violence against women spiked in Mexico in 2020

Two-thirds of women in Mexico have experienced some form of violence, according to official statistics

Grindr faces $11.7 mln fine in Norway for breach of data privacy

In some cases, sharing personal data can become a matter of physical safety if users are located and targeted in countries where homosexuality is illegal

Covax has pledged $112 million for COVID-19 vaccines for Afghanistan

Afghanistan has registered a total of 54,854 infections, but experts say the numbers are underreported due to low testing and limited access to medical facilities in the war torn country

Slavery survivors demand lead role in fight against trafficking

Global council of trafficking survivors-turned-advocates urge governments to put victims at heart of policies and programmes

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