Invest in low-carbon cities to protect climate and boost jobs, governments urged
Spending on efforts to cut carbon emissions from energy, transport and construction in cities would bring jobs and savings, as well as curbing climate change, a new report says
Contraceptive cost of COVID: a million unplanned pregnancies
Millions of women lost out on family planning services due to pandemic, leading to 1.4 million unplanned pregnancies, new U.N. data shows
Hard hit by COVID-19, migrants seen facing 'invisible wall'
Job losses and pay cuts linked to the pandemic have taken a heavy toll on migrants and refugees around the world, according to a Red Cross poll
Venezuelan migrants face higher risk of pandemic eviction
Two in five Venezuelan migrants and refugees have been evicted in the COVID-19 pandemic and run a high risk of being homeless, new survey finds
Less consumption, more recycling needed to meet climate goals, ministers say
'A circular economy is not only a possibility - it is a necessity and a huge opportunity,' says Chile's environment minister
Ecuador's plantation workers pin hopes on historic slavery ruling
Hopes raised among Ecuadorian plantation workers to receive compensation after judge ruled they had been victims of modern-day slavery in historic ruling
Human-made warming is melting Peru glacier, says study to be used in lawsuit
Researchers conclude emissions from human activities are raising flood risk from a receding Andean glacier - a finding set to support a Peruvian farmer suing German utility RWE
Women work the COVID frontline but lack a voice, poll shows
Women worldwide are being excluded from COVID-19 response and recovery plans, a global survey finds
Vaccine rollout a 'war against time' for Amazon indigenous groups
Most countries in the Amazon Basin do not have vaccine plans that specifically include indigenous people
Haunted by forced sterilizations, Peruvian women pin hopes on court hearing
Judge could open criminal probe into accusations that thousands of indigenous women underwent forced sterilizations in the 1990s