South Africa is feeling the impacts of global warming. Heat is frequent and more intense. Human-induced climate change made the severe 2015–2017 drought three...

Conflict-ridden and fragile countries are among the most vulnerable to climate change and least prepared to deal with it. They are largely excluded from climate...

The world’s water is in trouble. Freshwater pollution, coupled with climate change, population growth, and increasing demand, threatens water quality and...

As climate change and refugee crises converge in Bangladesh and India, collective action is required to address these dual challenges across borders, writes...

A person’s water security is affected by their gender, as is their likelihood to hold decision making positions about this vital resource. To increase water...

Flooding along the countries’ shared Uruguay River has become more frequent and severe. A UN fund is aiming to boost adaptation efforts

A new video series by the EU-funded HABITABLE project examines how changes in the climate and environment are influencing how people perceive the “habitability”...

It has been more than one year since the gavel came down at the last UN biodiversity summit, where almost every country in the world agreed on a plan to protect...

The landmark ruling from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights will have far reaching implications for communities affected by extreme pollution.

Indigenous Peoples have been portrayed as highly vulnerable to climate change while at the same time possessing skills and knowledge that are critical to the...

In rural northwest Iraq, employment opportunities outside of farming are rare. Without sufficient water supply to maintain these livelihoods, the so-called...