Women-led startups help family farmers feed Latin America
From Brazil to Ecuador's Amazon, women entrepreneurs are working to boost small-scale and organic farming as fears grow of a global food crisis
Uganda chiefs fight to save 'sacred' shea trees felled for fuel
Northern Uganda's revered shea trees are under threat from climate change and illegal loggers who turn the wood into charcoal and sell the fuel for use in cooking
Vanished Amazon expert Pereira sought mission outside Brazil's weakened watchdog
Sent to a desk job after President Jair Bolsonaro's election, indigenous protector Bruno Pereira took leave and returned to the field in the Amazon Javari Valley - but is now missing with British journalist Dom Phillips
As taps run dry, Mexican drought fuels anger over water inequality
Strict rationing has left millions of Monterrey residents without tap water for hours or days at a time, fueling long-standing anger over water concessions that favor big companies - including soft drinks and beer makers
Direct cash scheme in U.S. South aims to lift Black women out of poverty
As interest in guaranteed income programs grows, a major scheme in the U.S. state of Georgia aims to support Black women facing gendered and racial barriers to wealth
Climate-battered nations hunt elusive cash to adapt at U.N. talks
International funding to protect vulnerable communities from climate change impacts is starting to flow - but is still far too little, too late, say developing nations and experts
Cult gay filmmaker John Waters embraces a shift from outlaw to insider
Provocateur filmmaker John Waters says he can't understand controversies over trans rights and his new novel would have got him arrested if it was released in the 1950s
Former coal hub Nottingham aims to become Britain's first net zero city
Former fossil fuel industry hub Nottingham is aiming to slash its carbon emissions to reach net zero by 2028
Russia gas crisis highlights Europe's green energy storage problem
Renewable energy could help fill the gap as European nations move away from Russian gas - but storing it remains a concern. Could innovation help?
Bangladesh fire survivors fear destitution after depot explosion
Workers said an explosion - possibly caused by hydrogen peroxide - shook the ground and threw people in the air at BM Container Depot in Sitakunda near Chittagong port