Humanitarian Crises news

No relent in fighting in Syria, deepening misery for civilians
Locusts swarm into South Sudan as plague spreads
U.N. suggests Turkey border crossing to deliver aid to Syria
News Package
Stateless: The world's most invisible people
News Package
Life for the Rohingya in the world’s largest refugee camp
U.S. to join effort to curb climate-warming shipping emissions
Gambia eliminates trachoma, a leading cause of blindness worldwide
Climate, not COVID, the biggest worry among young Europeans - poll
UK and Irish supermarkets fight 'period poverty' with free tampons
Thailand floats hydro-solar projects for its dams
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Betting on bamboo: Indonesian villages struggle to get green power
Canada sets new 2030 CO2 reduction target, plans first green bond
Thunberg hopes US summit will treat climate change as real crisis
UN warns of climate 'abyss' with 2020 one of hottest years ever
Putin to address Biden's climate summit
Pacific Ocean storm intensifies into year's first super typhoon
Chrissy Teigen to help women with fertility struggles
Cross-border drug trafficking cases nearly doubled in four years
US must halve emissions to boost global climate action: UN chief
Investor group calls for banks to set tougher climate targets
India may build new coal plants despite climate change
Power companies urge Biden to implement policies to cut emissions
Brazil needs $10 bln a year in aid for carbon neutrality by 2050
Google Earth's timelapse feature puts spotlight on climate change
Science Museum criticized over Shell-sponsored climate exhibit
Duo of Kerry and McCarthy puts U.S. back in climate fight
Philippines raises carbon emission reduction target to 75% by 2030
India's 'Solar Man' lights path out of poverty with clean power
Sexual violence being used as weapon of war in Ethiopia's Tigray
France outlaws sex with children aged under 15
The rise in young Afghan female entrepreneurs
Russian women hope for change after domestic violence ruling
Health systems urged to find green cure for fast-rising emissions
EU sets out five-year crime cooperation, anti-trafficking plans
Britain wants in-person COP26 climate change summit this year
China says to hold talks with Kerry on COP26 climate summit
Only half of women and girls in control over their own bodies - UN
Biden's climate envoy Kerry to hold talks with China, South Korea
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About our Humanitarian Crises coverage

From major disaster, conflicts and under-reported stories, we shine a light on the world’s hotspots.

Opinion

Vanessa Nakate Fridays for Future Uganda

Why my erasure from a photo of climate activists at Davos matters

Across Africa, the climate crisis is happening to us now, and the stories Africans have to tell are urgent - but who is listening?
Sarah Telford United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

In a world awash with data, aid workers contend with gaps

With nearly 168 million people in need of humanitarian assistance in 2020 -- the highest figure in decades -- there is no time, or data, to lose
Teresa Anderson ActionAid

Why "net zero" is not good enough

It sounds like an ambitious goal, but the term may hide loopholes that can delay real climate action and drive land grabs and hunger
Mandeep Dhaliwal UNDP

The promises and perils of digital health

The potential for technology to transform health services is tremendous, but advances in digital health can bring privacy and data security challenges

In Depth

analysis
'Wilful ignorance': Flood-hit Australia urged to rethink climate adaptation
As reservoirs run low, Mexico City seeks durable fix for water woes
analysis
Insurers float fast flood protection, as Britain fails to confront risk
As disaster train gathers speed, efforts gear up to clear the track

Videos & Pictures

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Beyond Boko Haram
LGBT asylum seekers face hurdles seeking "dream life" in Ireland
Getting to Europe: The Game
No exit: Jordan’s most vulnerable refugees
Living the Chinese dream
Tanzanian albino children get new limbs in U.S.

Editor's Picks

India's 'Solar Man' lights path out of poverty with clean power
Sweden rejects pioneering test of solar geoengineering tech
With anti-Asian hate in U.S. rising, parents grapple over whether to talk to their children
interview
'One voice': Teen activist urges Zimbabwe's youth to join climate fight