Human rights protection hangs in balance at UN climate talks
One sticking point at U.N. climate talks is how obligations on human rights should be incorporated into the "rule book" for implementing the Paris Agreement
EXCLUSIVE-UK anti-slavery drive 'thwarted' by failure to replace commissioner: sources
"Britain has lost its figurehead, and hamstrung advisors who are deeply embedded and knowledgeable on the issue"
Life in 'slavery' or as a refugee? Cuban doctors' stark choice in Brazil
Brazil's incoming president Jair Bolsonaro has called Cuban doctors 'slave labor' because their government keeps about 75 percent of their pay
Mother hopes 9-yr-old daughter's gender change will help others in Ecuador
Amada, who was born a boy, has been granted a new set of official documents marked female and with her chosen name by the Quito registry office
Vaccines group plots path through conflict, instability, epidemics
10 percent of children still don't get routine vaccines
Defying war and catcalls, Syria's women hop on climate-friendly bikes
"I wasn't expecting the astonishment of bystanders and the sexual harassment," says Sarah Zein, who is fighting social taboos and climate change together
Development bank EBRD ends era of coal projects
The EBRD announcement is part of a global effort by state-owned development banks to reduce climate change
Climate talks work on fair way to phase out coal use - Canada
"The issue of a 'just transition' - how you support jobs - is top of the minds of governments," says Canada's environment minister
Resignation of British lord over sexual misconduct hailed as hope for others
Parliamentary committee reaffirmed its recommendation that Lord Lester be suspended for offering Jasvinder Sanghera "corrupt inducements to sleep with him"
Failure to agree climate deal rules would be suicidal - UN chief
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres makes "dramatic appeal" for delegates to reach compromises fast