Women and men found to respond differently in disasters
Disasters can cement traditional gender roles, researchers found, with women saying they were often sidelined in recovery efforts
Poorest people getting world's small change to cope with climate crisis
Research from Oxfam shows vulnerable communities are receiving a pittance to help them adapt to worsening wild weather and rising seas
Britain to create 1 bln pound fund for clean energy technology
The Ayrton Fund will consist of aid money for British and foreign scientists and engineers to develop new clean energy technology in partnership with developing countries
Africa to seek declaration of global climate emergency at UN summit
Many African nations are feeling the sting of climate change impacts but as they struggle to respond, they are pushing for top-level recognition of their plight
OPINION: Africa is caught in the crossfire of climate change and conflict
Limiting climate change through a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions is the only way to avert the most disastrous consequences, and to limit forced displacement
Record 12.4 mln people reached with food aid in Yemen - U.N.
The UN World Food Programme previously reached about 11 million Yemenis per month with rations
Disaster victims to double by 2050 in climate-battered world - aid group
Damages caused by climate change will cost the world an added $6 billion a year from 2030
U.N. honours activist who helped thousands of refugees return to Congo
In all, 850,000 Congolese have fled abroad and another 4.5 million have been forced from their homes by conflict, according to the United Nations
OPINION: How to cool down as the world warms up fast
For over 1 billion people, their ability to survive and thrive is undermined without access to sustainable cooling
OPINION: DR Congo – too many crises for one country?
In a country ravaged by several competing crises, assistance must be given based on needs