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
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Stateless: The world's most invisible people
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Life for the Rohingya in the world’s largest refugee camp
Malaysia's Sabah aims to be world's first green palm oil state
Climate change threatens Winter Olympics, snow sports -research
In Tonga, a volcano-triggered tsunami underscores climate risk
China launches campaign to plug greenhouse gas monitoring gap
Biden administration unveils plan to combat worsening US wildfires
Last year was the world's sixth-warmest on record: U.S. scientists
U.S. to hold record offshore wind auction in clean energy push
U.S. greenhouse gas emissions jumped 6.2% in 2021: report
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Prayers, petitions and boycotts: Desmond Tutu's climate activism
Trash for rice: Bali recycling scheme helps families in pandemic
Run, rebuild, repeat as floods eat up India's indigenous land
China fires up giant coal power plant in face of calls for cuts
E.O. Wilson, naturalist dubbed a modern-day Darwin, dies at 92
Malaysia seeks U.N. climate adaptation funds amid deadly floods
India's Adani nears first coal shipment from Australian mine
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Climate-fuelled disasters bring 'grave' costs in 2021
Philippine supertyphoon Rai 'exceeded all predictions': forecaster
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U.S. climate fight threatened as Manchin rejects Biden's bill
China prepares new sexual harassment safeguards for women
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In 2021, countries blew hot on 1.5C goal, cold on climate action
New climate classes seek to teach Indian youth green habits
World coal power demand to hit new high - IEA
Amazon tribe suffers mercury contamination amid illegal mining
Climate change imperils world's oil and gas reserves: research
EU climate plan to tackle buildings, methane and natural gas
At COP26, 45 nations pledge to protect nature in climate fight
UN, UK vow to push youth climate demands at COP26
Young activists take spotlight for a day at UN climate talks
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Push to end oil and gas expansion takes off at COP26 - with limits
India, Indonesia and Philippines join coal transition programme
Saudi women barrel into workforce in changing kingdom
A father and son's Ice Age plot to slow Siberian thaw
Hundreds protest violence against women in Mexico
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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

Malaysia's Sabah aims to win big as world's first green palm oil state
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Gulf energy giants pledge net zero - but plan to stick with oil
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Can South Africa become a model for developing nations ditching coal?
'This is just another low-paying job' say overtaxed U.S. firefighters

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

With no tickets to COP26 talks, climate activists take to Glasgow streets
Democracies that fail to act on climate change face 'existential' threat
As Nepal runs dry, communities tap water harvesting
Warming-hit nations get closer to creating U.N. climate rights envoy