The Ecuadorean government’s decision to allow oil drilling in the Yasuní National Park, one of the most biodiverse areas of the planet, has caused alarm among environmentalists and indigenous people, ...

At dawn, when the waters of Dumboor Lake lie still under a pale grey sky, Santo Chakma, 63, nudges his narrow wooden boat into a reservoir that swallowed his childhood.

Addressing Galán’s point in her report that urbanization has the power to reduce poverty or deepen inequality, Rossbach shared how UN-Habitat’s Strategic Plan 2026-2029 focuses on housing, land, and ...

Migrants now send home more money than foreign aid, and this is pulling rural families out of poverty, according to IFAD.

Kevine Muhimpundu, a Technology Skills participant at HER Lab Kajiado, told me how displacement and the cost of education had paused her ambitions. Monica Abul, a Fashion Design participant at HER Lab ...

When a child is diagnosed with cancer, their chances of survival should not depend on where they live, yet according to the WHO ...

Guatemala’s first female attorney general has managed to reduce impunity in a country where over 90 percent of murders go unsolved.

The Hungarian minority in Ukraine faces emigration, economic hardship and demographic decline as the war threatens its future ...

The world may have enough money to protect nature. The bigger problem is that too much of it still goes to activities that ...

Gendered ageism limits older women’s work, economic security and sense of belonging, highlighting the need for stronger rights and inclusion ...

Bangladesh is rightly praised for saving lives during cyclones and floods. Early warning systems, cyclone shelters and community mobilisation have turned once-catastrophic disasters into emergencies ...