Gig economy workers hit by high fuel prices and layoffs
High fuel prices, income cuts, and a global economic slowdown have put gig workers in a precarious position
OPINION: Silver bullet tech solutions to climate change can't save our planet
But cutting out fossil fuels can
Crabbers face danger and poverty to save Ecuador's mangroves
Coastal communities who protect Ecuador's carbon-absorbing mangrove forests find their livelihoods - and lives - under threat
Zimbabwe's drought-hit farmers fear hunger after poor maize harvest
Drought-ruined crops and a government mandate to sell harvests to the state raise fears of food insecurity
Brazil's biodiversity at risk in projected global warming overshoot
Exceeding heat limits in the Paris Agreement on climate change could threaten thousands of species in the Amazon and beyond
Watered-down G7 climate commitments dismay activists
The powerful nations back-tracked on commitments to end public support for non-offset fossil fuels by end-2022 and to make half of vehicles zero-emission by 2030
Climate change is driving 2022 extreme heat and flooding
Extreme weather events have caused widespread upheaval across the globe this year, with thousands of people killed and millions more displaced
Peru's indigenous communities fear rising violence from drug traffickers
Drug traffickers and coca farmers have targeted more territory in Peru's central Amazon region since the coronavirus pandemic
Bangladesh disaster response neglects vulnerable trans community
Already struggling to access work, education and other basic rights, trans and intersex people in Bangladesh are at greater risk from climate threats like floods and cyclones
Green groups fear failure on new global biodiversity pact after sluggish talks
Lack of progress at Nairobi talks aimed at brokering a global nature deal leave environmentalists frustrated, with much to do ahead of the make-or-break COP15 in December