What can world leaders do to make COP26 deforestation pledge a success?
Cutting down forests has major implications for global goals to curb warming, as trees absorb about a third of the planet-heating carbon emissions produced worldwide
Run, rebuild, repeat as floods eat away at India's indigenous land
Each time flash floods engulf their villages, the Mising people shift their homes further inland - but after a decade of flooding and riverbank erosion, they are running out of space
Climate-fuelled disasters bring 'grave' costs across the globe in 2021
The financial and human costs of climate change are expected to keep soaring unless governments step up efforts to rein in global warming, the report warns
Bangladesh takes baby steps towards climate-friendly just transition
From adopting clean energy in garment factories to helping coastal migrants settle in cities, the South Asian nation has a way to go in planning a greener, fairer future
EXCLUSIVE - Jails in Thailand force prisoners to make fishing nets under threat of violence
Inmates face being beaten or having their release delayed and are paid a fraction of the minimum wage, a Thomson Reuters Foundation investigation has found
Short back and sides - gender no object under new hair app
Haircut booking app Dooo offers gender-neutral cuts, in an industry riven with gendered divides
In a first, Indian gig company sues protesting women workers
Urban Company's suit against its female workers is the first such legal action in the country amid growing discontent over gig work
UN tonic for forest carbon market omits cure for corporate trading pains
New rules for government carbon trading will help cut emissions by protecting forests, but doubts persist over the credibility of voluntary credits used by companies
India sex workers seek to be counted after court upholds their rights
Campaigners say almost half India’s sex workers are not registered with the government
Tourism to jobs: How Chile's same-sex marriage law could lift the economy
Chile recently legalised same-sex marriage. But what are the economic benefits of gay weddings?