How to tackle COVID-19 jobs crisis and climate change? Invest in clean energy

Putting money into solar equipment manufacturing creates 1.5 times as many jobs as the same spending on fossil fuels, while for wind power the figure is 1.2 times, report finds

NGOs scramble to dampen COVID-19's impact on people living with HIV

HIV professionals battling to maintain services during the coronavirus pandemic have been adopting innovative methods - from mailing out prescriptions to scaling up self-testing and video consultations

WHO to send in experts to prevent sexual abuse after Congo scandal

Following a joint investigation by the Thomson Reuters Foundation and The New Humanitarian, an inquiry found 83 aid workers were involved in sex abuse during the Ebola epidemic

EXPLAINER-Sticking points at the U.N. climate conference

From steeper emissions cuts to more finance for developing nations and agreeing rules for global carbon markets, the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow have a packed agenda

Merck COVID-19 pill sparks calls for access for lower income countries

Though Merck is taking steps to improve access, manufacturing for low-income countries often requires WHO approval, a process which can take months

INSIGHT-How green champion Sweden could end up exporting its carbon sins

Sweden's dilemma as COP26 approaches? How to show they are not cutting emissions by simply exporting the problem elsewhere - otherwise known as "carbon leakage"

India's vaccine effort slows as dose gap trumps output jump

Though 74% of India's 944 million adults have received one vaccine dose, the wider-than-usual gap between doses has seen only 30% of adults receive their second

Russia's remote permafrost thaws, threatening homes and infrastructure

As Russia warms 2.8 times faster than the global average, the melting of Siberia's long-frozen tundra is releasing gases that could frustrate global efforts to curb climate change

Australian inquiry recommends new national standards to protect Aboriginal heritage

The recommendations followed an inquiry into how Rio Tinto last year legally destroyed Western Australian sites showing evidence of human habitation over 46,000 years, from the last Ice Age

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