On World Food Day we share the perspective of an anti-hunger and social rights activist who feels food should be a commons not a commodity.

More Rohingya women are fleeing mass violence and increased risk of sexual violence targeting Muslim communities in Myanmar.

Mangjing Village's tea gardens show that traditional cultivation of tea can both support local livelihoods and conserve biodiversity.

Dubbed the world's first “environmental refugees”, Carteret Islanders document their relocation plan to aid other climate change victims.

Three million Syrian children are not in school because of the conflict, and this loss of access to education puts the well-being of Syrian girls at risk.

He is starting small by transforming one square meter into an electricity generator. But he has chosen the locaton wisely. He has placed four sheets in the pavement in one of the world’s busiest ...

Already stateless and marginalised, Rohingya refugee and migrant women are further exposed to sexual and gender-based violence as they flee Myanmar.

Three Limits to Growth by Herman Daly is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be ...

In recent years there has been an important shift in research on climate-induced migration: from a tendency to focus on movements between countries to a growing interest in movements within countries, ...

Until developing countries are equipped to deal with this growing problem themselves, an innovative model connects rich and poor nations to recycle e-waste.

Japan is quite a unique case when it comes to urban agriculture. Despite being a highly industrialized country, the presence of agricultural land use is a common feature on the urban landscape of ...

Dr Rebecca Brubaker is Senior Policy Adviser at the United Nations University Centre for Policy Research in New York, focusing on Security Council affairs, multi-lateralism, sanctions, mediation, ...