Greece tries to make up lost ground on LGBTQ+ rights
Greece this month banned so-called conversion therapy for minors, which has been condemned as psychologically harmful and unethical.
Can courts trump diplomacy in delivering climate justice?
Frustrated with the pace of global action to fight climate change, more at-risk nations could follow the Pacific island nation’s lead by turning to the courts
How COVID-19 helped sex workers in Belgium make history
Sex workers celebrate as Belgium is the first EU country to decriminalise sex work, hoping to blaze a trail for other countries
Evicted villagers pay a high price for India's hydropower push
India is backing more hydroelectric plants to meet clean energy goals, but locals and environmentalists say projects are destroying communities and forests in the Himalayas
Cameroon slashes taxes to tap its solar power potential
With its hydroelectric plants hobbled by drought, the country is courting investors to grow a more stable solar energy supply
U.S. confirms 9 monkeypox cases in 7 states
All of the U.S. cases "are within gay, bisexual men and other men who have sex with men," CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said in a news briefing, urging an approach that is "guided by science, not by stigma."
U.S. cities swap dead trees for new in circular economy for forests
U.S. cities lose about 36 million trees per year. Now, some are looking to sell them as timber to fund new planting
As heat cuts power in India's 'coal capital', locals seek fair energy share
In one of India's largest coal-producing states, locals say the lack of power is unfair on their state, whose coal reserves light up big cities and power the nation's industries
Australia urged to quickly ditch coal to meet new climate goals
Environmentalists say Australia's new Labor government must support fossil fuel workers as it seeks greater reductions in carbon emissions by 2030
Indian droughts and cyclones fuel trafficking fears for climate migrants
People fleeing extreme weather events such as drought are more vulnerable to forced labour than those migrating after floods and cyclones, report finds