Pakistan opens the tap on hydropower projects
Faced with an economy slammed by power outages, the country opens the gates to more than a dozen new hydropower plants – but what happens to the displaced remains a question
پاکستان پن بجلی کی پیداور کو بڑھانے کے لیے کوشاں
Faced with an economy slammed by power outages, the country opens the gates to more than a dozen new hydropower plants – but what happens to the displaced remains a question
Toilets, trash and social status: the top 10 emergency hygiene challenges
The Humanitarian Innovation Fund is looking for new ideas to tackle the most pressing gaps in emergency water, sanitation and hygiene provision
Food giants Kellogg, Delhaize pledge to make palm oil supplies greener
"Their efforts to source sustainable deforestation-free palm oil will help pull the industry towards palm oil that is deforestation-free," scientists say
Indian mother held for killing daughter's suspected rapist - report
Woman admits to the killing after her daughter told of being lured to a field with chocolates and raped
Indian schools switch over to solar power
As India's schools start to use more technology, solar power and biogas are helping keep the lights on and make use of waste, enabling underprivileged students to do better
Drought parches Sri Lanka's farms, threatens hydropower
“Water today is an expensive luxury good. It should be treated like one,” says one agriculture department official
Muslim flight from C.African Republic leaves broken homes, swamps UN
Over a million people have been forced to flee their homes after French and African Union peacekeepers failed to stop months of religious violence in Central African Republic
Canadian oil companies ready to disclose more of their payments than U.S.
Canada’s oil lobby says it supports making project-level disclosure of payments made to foreign governments, putting the industry at odds with its American counterpart which is pushing to limit the human rights initiative