Bangladesh fire survivors fear destitution after depot explosion
Workers said an explosion - possibly caused by hydrogen peroxide - shook the ground and threw people in the air at BM Container Depot in Sitakunda near Chittagong port
From Dhaka to Freetown, climate migration puts cities on alert
In climate-vulnerable nations, city mayors say they need cash and a bigger say in forging policies to deal with displacement caused by drought, storms and flooding
ACLU sues to stop Texas from treating transgender care as child abuse
After the Texas governor ordered child abuse investigations into families that provide minors with transgender care, a group backed by the American Civil Liberties Union sues
OPINION: Nature-based solutions in Brazil are key to reaching global climate targets
While projects to protect ecosystems are promising, they won't achieve their full potential so long as clear-cutting and forest burning continue unabated
OPINION: The world cannot afford inaction over the rising cost of disasters
The world cannot afford to continue its current trajectory in which countries create more new risks than they can prevent
TrustLaw Collaboration Award 2022
TrustLaw Collaboration Award: Supporting Venezuelan migrants in the Americas The TrustLaw Collaboration Award went to Venezuelan non-profit Un Mundo Sin Mordaza and law firms Philippi Prietocarrioza Ferrero DU & Uría from Colombia and Peru; Robalino Abogados from Ecuador; Foley Hoag from the US; Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados from Brazil; Morales, Besa y Cía Ltda from Chile; and Richards, Cardinal, Tutzer, Zabala & Zaefferer from Argentina, for developing a legal guide that summarises laws and regulations applicable to Venezuelan migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers in seven host countries.
Indian workers suffer as heat waves turn factories into 'furnaces'
Workers at India's manufacturing hubs are calling for cooling equipment and wider change as rising summer temperatures impact their health and power cuts disrupt their livelihoods