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Will COP26 deforestation pledge be game-changer or broken promise?
'Stripped away': Growing push on land justice for Black Americans
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To save forests, recognize local and indigenous land rights now
Bangladesh's hazardous shipyards in race for cleaner, safer future
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Bangladeshi veteran of climate talks fears COP26 will fail poorest
Hugs out, wet wipes in: Fighting COVID and climate change at COP26
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'Perfect storm': Poor Britons caught in cost-of-living squeeze
Opinion
To save forests, recognize local and indigenous land rights now
Bangladesh's hazardous shipyards in race for cleaner, safer future
The price of abortion curbs: Economists weigh in on U.S. debate
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Malcolm Childress and Anna Locke Prindex

To save forests, recognize local and indigenous land rights now

Many forest projects fail because they neglect to include and pay the people who own, live and work on the land
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Protecting journalists means safeguarding internet freedom

Ending impunity for crimes against journalists and safeguarding freedom online requires action on multiple fronts
Simon Stiell Government of Grenada

If warming tops 1.5C, island nations are staring into the abyss

Even with temperature rise of 1.1C, many vulnerable countries, like mine, are already trying to cope with climate change impacts - and we need the money to adapt
Saleemul Huq & Andy Norton International Centre for Climate Change and Development

Rising climate migration exposes need to prevent ‘loss and damage’

As global warming bites, vulnerable communities are being pushed from their homes by disasters and longer-term pressures, and desperately require financial help

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Will COP26 deforestation pledge be game-changer or broken promise?
Hugs out, wet wipes in: Fighting COVID and climate change at COP26
Bangladesh's hazardous shipyards in race for cleaner, safer future
IMF head says faster emissions cuts can curb big adaptation needs
Over 100 global leaders pledge to end deforestation by 2030

Technology

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Coronavirus and surveillance
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Protecting journalists means safeguarding internet freedom
Afghan girls learn in secret classrooms to bypass Taliban curbs
New China privacy law to be 'major' force globally
Facebook working on ways to protect users in the 'metaverse'
Underinvested, overexposed: Facebook Papers confirm our worst fear

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We report on how to ensure people globally have economic security and a decent standard of living. more
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Afghan women under Taliban rule
'Stripped away': Growing push on land justice for Black Americans
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'Perfect storm': Poor Britons caught in cost-of-living squeeze
Bangladesh's hazardous shipyards in race for cleaner, safer future
'Time to do the right thing,' negotiators told as COP26 opens
Could cutting emissions improve children's health?

Coronavirus

We show how coronavirus is impacting the lives of vulnerable people globally. more
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Coronavirus vaccine inequality
Hugs out, wet wipes in: Fighting COVID and climate change at COP26
'What about us?' Thai budget businesses fear premium tourist focus
Can my employer make me get a COVID-19 vaccine?
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Lack of vaccination passport, testing threaten Japan's reopening

Women

We focus on stories that help to empower women and bring lasting change to gender inequality. more
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Afghan women under Taliban rule
Congo's women stepped up to fight Ebola. Now they want equality
The price of abortion curbs: Economists weigh in on U.S. debate
Afghan girls learn in secret classrooms to bypass Taliban curbs
Put more women at top of World Bank, IMF to tackle climate
UK foreign aid cuts to remain until at least 2024

LGBT+

We delve deeper into the issues faced by LGBT+ communities around the world. more
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Afghan women under Taliban rule
First LGBT+ Afghans arrive in Britain since Taliban's return
SCOTUS spurns Catholic hospital appeal over transgender patient
Britain's proposed ban on conversion therapy too soft, say critics
Taliban say gay rights will not be respected under Islamic law
U.S. issues first passport with 'X' gender marker

Slavery

We shine a light on human trafficking, forced labour and modern-day slavery. more
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Inside Amazon's shadow workforce in Mexico
'Like slaves': Lebanon's delivery riders struggle as crisis bites
Mozambican slave descendants fight for snatched S. African land
Sitting pretty? Indian shop workers win the right to a chair
Renewable energy jobs grew globally in 2020 despite COVID crisis
It’s time to listen to people who’ve experienced modern slavery

Cities

We examine how cities are reshaping the way people live. more
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Cities reboot: Urban life in the age of COVID-19
U.S. overhauls flood insurance to meet rising climate change risks
Rural U.S. county split over multi-billion dollar data center boom
Why are power outages paralyzing Lebanon?
Car-centric Austin is building transit. Will anyone ride it?
'What about us?' Thai budget businesses fear premium tourist focus

Land

We shine a light on how land and property rights can empower communities worldwide. more
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Land to lose: coronavirus compounds debt crisis in Cambodia
'Stripped away': Growing push on land justice for Black Americans
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Will COP26 deforestation pledge be game-changer or broken promise?
To save forests, recognize local and indigenous land rights now
Wine faces a climate-imperiled future in Georgia
Let's show our children we can do more than talk on climate change

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