Quick fix for hunger and climate goals? More spending on small farmers
Help farmers grow more resilient crops, access irrigation and tap into social safety nets to achieve both, researchers say
Electric cars to triple market share in Europe amid COVID-19, researchers say
Electric vehicles made up 8% of car sales in Europe in the first half of 2020, putting them on track to triple their market share this year
Surge in natural disasters takes heavy human and economic toll - U.N.
Over two decades, some 7,348 major disasters were recorded, claiming 1.23 million lives, affecting 4.2 billion people and causing $2.97 trillion in economic losses
Vietnam flood death toll rises to 23 as storm Nangka to dump more rain
Most victims were washed away by the flood waters, with nearly 46,000 people evacuated from affected areas
Pandemic adds to war in keeping Libyan children out of school
Despite little to no teaching amid coronavirus lockdown, students must now sit tests to determine who progresses to the next grade
'Corona carriers': Stigma halts medication and meet-ups for HIV+ Malawians
False rumours that HIV-positive people are at high risk of catching COVID-19 are fueling discrimination in the southern African nation, health activists say
OPINION: Focussing on eye health as we build back from COVID-19 will bring profit, not loss
Supporting the one billion people who need eye care will benefit individuals, societies and economies alike
OPINION: Choosing a sustainable way out of the pandemic’s economic chaos
With debt swaps governments and finance institutions can address the triple crises of debt, climate change and the destruction of nature
'Uninhabitable hell': Climate change and disease threaten millions, UN warns
As climate change-related disasters soar, a failure to act to prevent them is an act of 'wilful' negligence, the UN's disaster chief says
Transgender man's dream of joining U.S. military thwarted for now
Paulo Batista cannot serve in the military under a Trump era ban excluding trans people, but still hopes for a waiver or policy that might let him in