Local volunteers to the rescue as fiercer floods ravage northeast India
With homemade rafts and plastic-bottle life jackets, teams of young villagers save stranded locals when the Brahmaputra River bursts its banks
Act swiftly and fairly to ease shift from fossil fuels, say labour experts
Energy firms and climate policymakers are urged to work with communities to ensure a 'just transition' away from coal, oil and gas as efforts are stepped up to curb global warming
OPINION: My sister was murdered as a child bride in the UK. This new law can save other girls’ lives.
I know exactly what it feels like to be a child bride, right here in Britain. I was 16 when my whole life was hijacked.
India's Modi backs down on farm reforms in surprise victory for protesters
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he would repeal three agriculture laws that farmers have been protesting against for more than a year
Nature-pact goal to protect 30% of land and ocean hangs in balance
Some biodiversity-rich nations are reluctant to endorse the 30x30 goal - a central pillar of a draft global agreement to be finalised next May - due to challenges such as lack of funding
Brazil's Amazon deforestation surges to 15-year high, undercutting government pledge
At COP26 climate talks, Brazil brought forward a pledge to end illegal deforestation by two years to 2028, a target that would require aggressive annual reductions in destruction
INTERVIEW-New Delhi to consider curbing private vehicles to fight dangerous smog
More children are in hospital with breathing problems, while the government has shut five power stations and extended school closures to try to contain the smog crisis
'Killer business case' for diversity in newsrooms
Diversity is necessary for media companies’ business, from building credibility to finding stories, top editors said on Thursday.
OPINION: It's time to undo the COVID disruption to girls' rights in India
The pandemic has disrupted efforts to end child marriage and caused widespread damage to the financial prospects of girls
ANALYSIS - IOC's new transgender and intersex guidelines divide sport
LGBT+ and human rights advocates welcomed dropping advice on testosterone levels, but some scientists said the Olympic guidance was 'unreasonable'.