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
Protecting the labour rights of Mexican domestic workers during COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the longstanding challenges faced by domestic workers around the world, threatening both their earnings and well-being. To help Jalisco’s domestic workers deal with these challenges, Parvada Estrategias Comunitarias, a women-led non-profit in Mexico, decided to create a step-by-step legal manual to train them about their labour rights. TrustLaw, the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s pro bono service, connected the Mexican non-profit with Hogan Lovells Mexico to develop a manual that explains domestic workers the situations in which they could file a claim, what evidence they might need, and the different steps of an employment dispute they should consider.
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
OPINION: Blockchain can drive financial inclusion and climate resilience
Crypto and blockchain solutions can be tailored to meet the specific needs of the world's underbanked, and enable an inclusive and equitable global financial system.
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