Climate woes growing for women, hit worst by displacement and migration
Extreme weather and rising seas are increasing the burden of work, ill-health and violence faced by women who are forced to leave home or left behind as menfolk seek jobs elsewhere
'Falling off a cliff': Lebanon's poor borrow to buy bread
The Lebanese pound has sunk by 80% since October, driving up prices in the import-dependent economy
Indonesia's plan for giant farm kindles 'ecological chaos' concern
The estate, aimed at growing food crops to fill COVID-19-linked shortages, will likely damage more carbon-rich peatland, climate experts warn
Rencana pembukaan perkebunan raksasa dikhawatirkan akan kacaukan ekologi
Pakar klimatologi memperingatkan perkebunan yang disiapkan khusus untuk tanaman pangan ini, guna mengatasi kekurangan persedian akibat COVID-19, kemungkinan besar akan memperluas kerusakan lahan gambut.
China braces for more rainstorms over weekend, climate change blamed
Amid forecasts for rainstorms in large parts of China, Greenpeace says the extreme weather could be due to climate change
Shipment of Chinese hair goods seized by U.S. officials suspecting forced labor
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency blocks import from company in Xinjiang, home to large population of Muslim Uighurs
U.S. warns firms of human rights abuse risks in China's Xinjiang province
Companies doing business in the Xinjiang province face reputational, economic, and legal risks from human rights abuses and forced labor, U.S. advisory says
Fires in Brazil's Amazon jump in June, stoking fears for dry season
The number of fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest rose 20% in June to a 13-year-high for the month
Congo vows zero tolerance over child soldiers after U.S. anti-trafficking nod
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) decries use of child solders by army and militias after upgrade in U.S. Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report
Boxer trafficked as a child wins right to stay in the UK after 16 years
Kelvin Bilal Fawaz, who was trafficked into Britain as a child and forced into domestic servitude, can now stay and work in the country he’s lived in for 16 years