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
New Delhi to consider curbing private vehicles to fight smog
Beer makers fight climate change by feeding carbon to algae
South Africa taken to court over plan for new coal power
Croatia's seed-scattering drones replant forests hurt by fire
As Colombia mulls easing abortion law, teen mothers pay high price
Banks must put climate risk at core under proposed global rules
China rebuffs UK criticism over coal move after climate summit
U.S. Congress eyes spending billions to curb wildfire threat
Snake-like mobile dams could protect Africans from floods
New COP26 draft weakens wording on fossil fuels
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Push on climate action in pandemic shows Paris pact strength: UNDP
Look to climate action outside COP26 summit, says top UK scientist
U.S. firm buries oil made from farm waste, in costly carbon tech
Is your electric car as eco-friendly as you thought?
Climate change risks 'runaway' aid crisis, system collapse: UN
Climate-linked health risks to rise, COP26 panelists warn
World on track for 2.4C of global warming after latest pledges
As climate damage mounts, poor nations press wealthy to pay up
Pressure grows at COP26 talks for new climate damage funding
Tuvalu minister stands in sea to film COP26 climate change speech
With COP26 credibility at stake, some urge ratcheting up schedule
COP26-weary Glasgow protesters push climate justice from 'outside'
Swift climate action urged to avoid 'unimaginable' health threats
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
Climate change extremes spur U.N. plan to fund weather forecasting
With no tickets to COP26 talks, climate activists take to streets
China targets 1.8% cut in average coal use at power plants by 2025
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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

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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
A year after Cyclone Amphan, for some survivors 'there is nothing'

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

Look beyond COP26 summit to real world for climate action, says top UK scientist
Stronger climate action urged at COP26 to avoid 'unimaginable' health risks
With no tickets to COP26 talks, climate activists take to Glasgow streets
Democracies that fail to act on climate change face 'existential' threat