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Local communities are test bed for adapting to climate change

Sharing their knowledge about what works could help others facing similar challenges
Karen G. Villholth Water, Land and Ecosystems, CGIAR

Look underground for climate resilience in sub-Saharan Africa

Extreme rainfall can help replenish Africa's groundwater - as long as it is managed well
Buyung Hadi International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)

We need a global alliance to stop harmful invasive species

There has been a baffling absence of an international alliance to track and respond to the movement of invasive species
Mohamed Adow Christian Aid International

An average American generates as much CO2 as 581 Burundians

While every country suffers the impacts of climate change, none better sums up the burning injustice than Burundi

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From major disaster, conflicts and under-reported stories, we shine a light on the world’s humanitarian hotspots. more
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Ebola spread to new Congo area shows flawed response - aid workers
Schools, telephone lines to be opened in Kashmir after lockdown
Italy's Salvini dismisses fears for health of stranded migrants
Trump meeting advisers on Afghan peace plan

Trafficking

We shine a light on human trafficking, forced labour and modern-day slavery. more
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Life after slavery: survivors struggle to start anew
U.S. brands vow to protect women making jeans from sexual abuse
Child soldiers and deaths surge in Mali as violence worsens
People power and a princess: The royalty and anti-slavery movement
'Chicken shop gangs' using food to lure children into crime
Trafficking suspect Jeffrey Epstein dead in apparent suicide

Women's Rights

We focus on stories that help to empower women and bring lasting change to gender inequality. more
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Women Deliver 2019
Myanmar activists fight to outlaw domestic violence
Murder retrial of Salvadoran woman over stillborn son to continue
U.S. brands vow to protect women making jeans from sexual abuse
South India's kolam art helps women map business opportunities
As restrictions tighten, women seeking abortions hit the road

Climate

We focus on the human and development impacts of climate change. more
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Rising heat
Imperilled by climate change, Pacific nations chide Australia
Heavy downpours wreak havoc in Istanbul, flooding historic sites
In flood-prone south India, doctors tend mental scars of disasters
Denmark sees resolution soon to EU rift on 2050 climate goal
Sydney's water supply falling at fastest rate on record

LGBT

We delve deeper into the issues faced by LGBT+ communities around the world. more
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Social innovation: Climate
Job snubs to forced surgery: India's 'invisible' intersex people
Barred, bullied, depressed: life for many U.S. trans students
Asylum process is failing LGBT+ Russians escaping persecution
'Gay cake' dispute referred to top European Court
Govt contractors could refuse LGBT workers for 'religious' reasons

Property Rights

We put the spotlight on how land and property rights can empower communities worldwide. more
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Water scarcity and conflict
Apple takes art to city streets to augment reality
UK mall scans shoppers in facial-recognition trial
South India's kolam art helps women map business opportunities
Solve land rights in Central America to stem U.S. migrant crisis
U.S. government hears woeful testimony from property 'heirs’

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Food

We explore the challenges of ending hunger and malnutrition as food production adjusts to a warming world. more
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Rebooting food
Hunger driving migration in drought-hit Central America
Kenyan farmers abandon food crops to grow 'green gold' stimulant
UK university bans beef to combat 'climate emergency'
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Crop invaders: China's small farmers struggle to defeat armyworm

Social Innovation

We highlight businesses putting the interests of people and/or the environment first. more
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Social innovation: Climate
Refugees despair at slow pace of Malaysia's reforms
H&M backs firms promising social change
Tiny loans lead to bigger debts, land losses in Cambodia
Investors embrace ESG investing but don't target gun stocks
US fund managers grapple with socially responsible investing

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