In India's flood-prone Assam, hill settlers hold out hope for land titles
As floods and erosion uproot more families in Assam, about 300,000 people in the Guwahati hills have no proof of land ownership
Water-related conflicts set to rise amid demand growth and climate impacts
About a quarter of the world's population faces severe water shortages exacerbated by climate change - and with that is coming conflict, social unrest and migration
'Cadillac insurance'? Hunt for private firefighters as California burns
With public firefighting resources now stretched to the limit, wealthy Californians are buying themselves an added layer of protection
Hitting women hard, pandemic makes gender poverty gap wider - U.N.
More women than men will fall into extreme poverty due to the pandemic as they bear the economic brunt of COVID-19 and face bigger job losses.
Unilever to drop fossil fuels from cleaning products by 2030
Instead of petrochemicals, the products will use constituents created from plants, marine sources like algae and waste
Indigenous land intrusions help drive higher virus death toll in the Amazon
The rate of COVID-19 deaths among indigenous people in Brazil's Amazon is nearly 250% higher than in the general population, new data shows
Global reforestation drive grows fast as governments grasp benefits
Nations, state authorities and green groups have pledged to reforest areas equivalent to about six times the size of Germany
Under police gaze, climate protesters return to Britain's streets
Extinction Rebellion activists resume protests - but will they hold onto the numbers and momentum they created last year?
Experts warn: High-tech tools to fight COVID-19 pose their own risks
In the rush to find technological ways to battle the spread of COVID-19, untested tools are being rolled out across Europe
'No options' for El Salvador's pregnant girls raped in lockdown
In El Salvador, 114 girls aged 10 to 14 became pregnant as a result of rape during the country’s strict lockdown but the abortion ban means they have no safe options, reproductive rights campaigners say