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Move over: The women steering India's electric vehicle drive
Women in rural Bangladesh pay more for cost of climate disasters
Can taxis jump-start Bhutan's electric car revolution?
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Women and climate change
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Climate change and a 'just transition'
South Africa flooding victims traumatised and homeless
Oceans are hotter, higher and more acidic, climate report warns
U.N. secretary general asks for eased barriers to green energy
Carbon footprint labels to steer climate-friendly buying
Poor workers bear the brunt of India's heatwave
U.S. wildfire dangers spread east as climate risks grow
In Indonesia, climate change takes a bite out of apple crops
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As war and climate change bite, are high food prices here to stay?
Finnish city taps sewers for energy in sprint for net zero
Lebanon election shuns climate crisis despite fires, power cuts
U.S. firefighters in final push for healthcare as wildfires surge
E-scooters for nurses speed healthcare in Indian mining hub
S.Africa still interrogating $8.5 bln climate deal with donors
Hit hard by storms and forest loss, Zimbabwe builds stronger homes
World could see 1.5C of warming in next five years, WMO reports
Climate disasters take Bangladesh children from classrooms to work
India doubles down on coal as heatwave worsens power crisis
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Earth Focus: Fighting for Air
Can Europe survive without Russian oil? Nuclear power may be key
Charging for wasted water helps Kenyan farmers get a fair share
As California burns, green group finds new way to halt development
Extreme heat kills at least 25 in India's Maharashtra state
Drought-hit Zimbabweans cut poverty by breeding bigger goats
'Surprise' urban Malaysia floods drive pleas for climate action
Legalising Bangladesh e-taxis could drive safer, greener industry
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Earth Focus: For the Love of the Land
As living costs jump, climate change takes a backseat in elections
Chemical industry fights U.S. government move to ban asbestos
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Global tropical forest loss falls in 2021 but outlook bleak
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Wet weather curbs forest loss in 2021 but world far off ending it
As India swelters under extreme heat, Modi warns of fire risk
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Here's how to reverse Africa's land degradation
Can tech help hold climate polluters to their net-zero pledges?
US to boost jobs, curb emissions by plugging old oil and gas wells
Humanity on 'spiral of self-destruction' as disasters rise
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U.S. firefighters on climate frontlines sound alarm over staffing
Zimbabwe's women-only rangers fight poachers and poverty
Recycling needed to meet Europe's green metals needs: study
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Earth Focus: You Are Where You Live
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U.S. bitcoin mining under fire for climate, energy impact
Solar geoengineering predicted to shift malaria risk in tropics
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How an obscure energy treaty could thwart climate action
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We focus on the human and development impacts of climate change.

Opinion

Maria Lettini FAIRR

Animal agriculture faces 'Apollo 13' climate moment

From heat stress to the impact of drought on pasture and carbon taxes, the meat industry faces significant risks from climate change - but there are alternatives
Agnes Kalibata and Wanjira ...

Facing multiple food and health crises, Africa must lead boldly

Africa’s leaders to rally together for urgent, practical responses to protect the most vulnerable from a tsunami of shocks undermining the livelihoods of millions
Fatima Denton U.N. University Institute for Natural Resources

To win climate action in Africa, add trust and stir

A fair transition cannot be achieved by celebrating green development while sacrificing justice
Sharan Burrow International Trade Union Confederation

We need a new social contract to nurture people, planet and peace

Faced with the horrors of conflict and the global pandemic, peace, social justice and climate-friendly jobs are at the heart of demands for International Workers' Day

In Depth

explainer
As conflict and climate change bite, are high food prices here to stay?
Climate disasters drive Bangladesh children from classrooms to work
insight
U.S. firefighters on climate frontlines sound alarm over staffing
Iraq's farmers pushed off land as drought and heat cripple crops

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South Africa’s battle between coal and climate
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'Surprise' urban Malaysia floods drive pleas for climate action
analysis
Wet weather dampens rainforest loss in 2021 but world far off ending it
Can tech help hold climate polluters to their net-zero pledges?
Zimbabwe's women-only rangers fight poachers and poverty