ANALYSIS - In fast-warming world, Tokyo is barometer for future Olympics

Japan's heat and humidity show how future Olympic Games will need to grapple with extremes as climate change bites

ANALYSIS - Mexico's ban on subcontracting aimed to help workers: Is it succeeding?

Groundbreaking legislation has banned labor subcontracting in Mexico, but will it push more people into informal jobs?

U.S. cities offer displaced Black families the 'right to return'

Santa Monica, California joins a handful of U.S. cities seeking to atone for the negative effects of 'urban renewal' programs in the 1950s and 1960s.

Colombia's Medellin plants 'green corridors' to beat rising heat

As growing parts of the world grapple with unprecedented heatwaves, cities are on the frontline of efforts to keep people safe

Canada looks to women to bolster trades amid post-pandemic labor shortage

Canada, like other developed nations, is facing a post-pandemic shortage of skilled trade workers. Could hiring more women help fill that gap?

Stretched Senegalese hospitals overwhelmed by third COVID wave

Like many African countries facing a third wave of infections, Senegal is more vulnerable because so few people are vaccinated

Rights group urges U.S. customs to probe Goodyear Malaysia over worker abuse accusation

The Malaysian operations of American tyre maker Goodyear has been accused of exploitative labour practices

Britain's climate getting warmer, sunnier and wetter - Met Office

The year 2020 was third warmest after 2014 and 2006, the fifth wettest and eight sunniest on record for the United Kingdom

California urges power conservation in heat wave, prices soar

The Californian grid operator issued a flex alert urging consumers to conserve electricity Wednesday evening to reduce strain on the grid and avoid outages when solar power drops

UN biodiversity summit to be delayed for third time - sources

The conference is due to be split into two phases, with the second session - where a new treaty to protect nature will be negotiated - taking place in April-May 2022

Thailand builds COVID-19 hospital in Bangkok airport amid surge in cases

The spike in COVID-19 cases in the capital has put pressure on the country's health system, with only 5.6% of its more than 66 million population fully vaccinated

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OPINION: Why our broken food system is overshooting the Earth's planetary boundaries

The global food system is the main driver of the ecological and climate crises pushing natural systems beyond the boundaries of a safe operating space for humanity

OPINION: I fled Nigeria for my safety. But many other LGBT+ activists remain under threat in my country

LGBT+ visibility is growing in Nigeria, but with it a backlash.

OPINION: Our future needs to be both net-zero and nature-positive

To support business efforts to protect the planet, companies are calling for joined-up political action on the climate and biodiversity crises

OPINION: What the climate movement can teach us about ending modern slavery

Those working to stop slavery should look to the successful tactics of climate activists, putting energy into pressure-based strategies against corporate wrongdoing