
Citizens of Mumbai are braving arrest and punishment to fight climate change – here's how
As rising heat and floods batter some of the most densely populated cities in India, urban residents are rallying around fast disappearing green spaces.
As rising heat and floods batter some of the most densely populated cities in India, urban residents are rallying around fast disappearing green spaces.
The app provides breathing exercises to help women, connects them to state officials in every town who can help them secure restraining orders and access benefits.
Environmental degradation linked to drug trafficking is causing losses of about $215 million annually across the region's protected forest areas.
A Malaysian recruitment agency set to launch a pioneering "ethical" hiring model has called for an industry overhaul to tackle debt bondage among migrant workers and end modern slavery in...
The #AllIsFineWithMe trend is the latest initiative to push back against unrealistic pressures on women and girls to look perfect.
The number of children treated for breathing problems in Brazil's "arc of deforestation" in May and June was double the monthly average for the past 10 years.
Agri-foodtech includes a wide range of startups and social enterprises that specialise, for example, in recycling waste, redistributing food surplus or developing sustainable packaging.
In the past three months he has filled 466 huge bin bags with plastic bottles.
A global working group set up by Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Microsoft to remove extremist content will become an independent watchdog working “to respond quicker and work more collab...
Skiing, ice hockey and outdoor skating are all affected by climate change, but can also be a resource to fight back.
Farmers are fighting back against the prickly pear, a non-native, invasive plant which destroys the grass that feeds their animals.
Scientists behind a landmark study of the links between oceans, glaciers, ice caps and the climate delivered a stark warning to the world on Wednesday: slash emissions or watch cities van...
The complaint accuses Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany and Turkey of knowing about the impact of their carbon emissions on the climate and doing nothing to mitigate it.
The U.N. plans to work with Britain's Kew Royal Botanic Gardens to grow urban forests in 90 cities across 30 countries in Africa and Asia.
Armed with a mobile app, Glenis Barragan has been knocking from door to door in the poor neighbourhoods of Colombia's northern city of Cucuta, aiming to combat the spread of the Zika viru...