'Freak events': Karachi floods hint at shifting monsoon
Scientists say climate change appears to be altering winds that drive South Asia's monsoon, changing rainfall patterns
UK orders public sector to tackle modern slavery in supply chains
Public sector to join big businesses in producing annual statement outlining anti-slavery efforts
LGBT+ advocates dismayed as UK gov't scraps key transgender rights reform
Britain's government has dropped plans to let transgender people change gender legally without a medical diagnosis, after two years of heated debate
Thailand's sex workers petition to decriminalise prostitution
Activists say Thailand's prostitution law, which criminalises sex work, does little to protect sex workers
Anger as Hong Kong court keeps 'discriminatory' live-in rule for migrant maids
The requirement for foreign domestic workers to live with their employers has long been denounced as unfair and inhumane
OPINION: At New York Climate Week, let's prioritise cooling for the most vulnerable
Making air-con and industrial equipment more efficient will not meet the needs of the one billion people living without access to cooling
Youth climate activism and environmental politics explored in new season of acclaimed EARTH FOCUS from KCET, Link TV and the Thomson Reuters Foundation
From illegal gold mining in Peru to the United States' surprising green senator Harry Reid, the new season premiering September 8 looks at the politics of the environment.
China sharply expands mass labor program in Tibet
Tibetan laborers are being pushed off land and into training centers, mirroring Xinjiang camps
China to promise 'more' in new climate pledges -govt advisor
China is finishing a new "five-year plan" that will determine how ambitiously it will proceed with its near-term decarbonisation plans
Migrant factory workers in Thailand launch legal action after wages expose
A Thomson Reuters Foundation investigation last year found dozens of garment workers from Myanmar were being illegally underpaid