SOPA Awards 2016
Our set of stories on climate change innovation in Asia won the 2016 award for excellence in environmental reporting by the Society of Asian Publishers. Read them here!
Empowered by the Sun, Earth Day – 22 April 2016
Globally, 1.2 billion people have no access to electricity. With the support of Plan International communities across the world are now switching to solar power so they can make the most of their day – and night!
Fukushima: Searching for loved ones
The disaster in March 2011 killed nearly 16,000 people along Japan's northeastern coast and left more than 2,500 missing. Family members continue to look for the bodies of their missing loved ones, when access to the area is permitted, as they still try to bring closure to their loss.
As worsening storms slam the Caribbean, St. Vincent fights back
Facing worsening extreme weather, St. Vincent and the Grenadines is making plans to better protect itself
As economy booms, children toil in Myanmar
One in five children in Myanmar aged 10-17 go to work instead of school and the opening up of the economy since 2011 has triggered a spike in demand for labour.
Climate justice and ethics
Rich industrialised countries, with their greater carbon dioxide emissions, carry much of the responsibility for causing climate change, but the burdens of climate impacts fall disproportionately on poorer, largely tropical countries. "Climate justice" movements and initiatives seek to deal with that imbalance in a variety of ways, including having richer countries help poorer ones adopt cleaner energy systems and adapt to the inevitable impacts of climate change.
Cambodia's long path to reconciliation
Cambodia is seeking a way out of its post "killing fields" mental health crisis through reconciliation projects and education.