Sharp rise in Syrians fleeing illegally to Jordan - MSF
MSF planning to send exploratory mission to Jordanian border in coming days to see how it can help more Syrians arriving there
Climate change 'biggest challenge of our generation' - Nepali youth
?In the coming future, these problems will become bigger and bigger and today's youth are the ones who will be there,' says the leader of Nepalese Youth for Climate Action
World Water Forum muddied by controversies
One thing is clear from the Marseille conference: access to water and its benefits is a highly contested area of policy
Niger food crisis drives thousands of children out of school
More than half a million children are at risk of dropping out of school this year due to the food and nutrition crisis unfolding in Niger, aid groups have cited the government as saying
"Crisis" in S. Sudan as refugees flood into water-scarce camps ? MSF
Some 80,000 people are running short of water in inaccessible camps in South Sudan's Upper Nile state
US must prepare for worsening coastal flooding
Continuing climate-linked sea level rise will turn 'yesterday's manageable flood into tomorrow's potential disaster'
"I did not grow up to be a wife"
Fearless and revolutionary, India's first female police officer Kiran Bedi has become a role model for women leaders in her country
World entering a 'third era' in efforts to deal with climate change - expert
As efforts to combat rising emissions fail, the focus is shifting to preparing for inevitable change, in rich countries as well as poor
Political upheaval should not affect Maldive climate policy - official
Nation's head of environmental protection says the low-lying island nation won't abandon plans to become carbon neutral