Ignacia Matute remembers when the hills around her home in northwestern Nicaragua were blanketed in green, and she woke to the sounds of birds and the rushing…
Women should be the focus of efforts to bring access to modern energyto those who lack it, a new United Nations report has found, as bringing energy to women…
Alerts last June from the Pakistan Meteorological Department about a fast-approaching tropical cyclone, urging the evacuation of communities along the…
Smallholder farmers struggling with climate change in Malawi are turning to trees to help their crops grow.
In the months following Haiti’s devastating January 2010 earthquake, the United States government spent $140 million on a food program that benefited…
"Finally, reliable work", says Karma as he works in the comunity garbage scheme, which is a source of local pride.
Nget Chhon, 71, was surprised, but not afraid, when anti-riot police punched her in the eye and beat her over the head during a protest against forced land…
In Gaza organisations such as the Palestinian Agricultural Rights Committee (PARC) and the Union of Agricultural Worker Committees (UAWC) are rebuilding…
Survivors of Tropical Storm Washi in Mindanao are in desperate need of water and sanitation facilities, say aid workers and officials.
The women of Makoko, a low-lying slum close to the Lagos Lagoon along Nigeria’s Atlantic coast, always sleep with one eye open. Many live in fear that…
Rubina Akhtar, 25, from Char Mornia village of Gangachara of Rangpur district, said: "I lost my home on the banks of the Teesta river four times over the last…
Char Nongolia village is a basket case when it comes to climate change impacts such as increasing salinity, frequent cyclones, tidal surges, erratic rainfall…
Hundreds of Japanese women have been converging on the Japanese capital demanding better relief for some 30,000 children exposed to nuclear radiation by the…