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Large yellow sign indicating where toilets are located outside a building in Mexico City

Valuing access to toilets: a basic human right

This World Toilet Day, we look at the impact of lack of access to toilets for people experiencing homelessness, especially in times of crises such as Covid-19.

Leafy greens, squashes, root vegetables, tomatoes and flowers, Leichlingen, Rheinland, Germany, 2019

COP26’s “plant-forward” menu should be the starting shot for a protein transformation

Policies can support a shift towards more plant-based food in high-consuming countries, with benefits for climate, public health and biodiversity.

Ship with black and red mast next to factory with billowing smoke

At COP26, it’s time for corporate climate action to move beyond offsets

The confluence where the Songkhram River meets the Mekong at Ban Chai Buri, Tha Uthen District, Nakhon Phanom. An unusual drop of the Mekong River and the absence of its backflow in the Songkhram during the rainy season have been observed this year.

Dams and droughts, data and diplomacy in the Mekong

PEMEX gas station in Mexico at night, July 2020

Pandemic recovery efforts undermine a just energy transition in Latin America

Aerial view of Ngong Hills Wind Power Station, Kenya

For corporate net-zero targets, focus on the big picture

Edge of Nacaome River with dry riverbed and man in white sun hat and rubber boots walking in shallow water, Honduras

Climate change as a subjacent factor of migration and mobility

uareg crouching under dark clouds in front of large hut in desert waiting for rain, Timbuktu, Tombouctou, Mali, West Africa

Five ways in which finance for climate adaptation in Africa falls short

Close-up of woman's hand plugging in charger to electric car, Stockholm, Sweden

Putting people at the centre of climate action

Climate finance needs to acknowledge the unmitigated debt crisis

Passengers riding half-empty bus in daytime with dark blue seats, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

To bus or not to bus: unpacking the nexus between public health, disaster risk reduction and urban planning

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31 October 2021
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Row of flags of members of G20 and list of countries in conference room, Ukraine

Time to lead: priorities for the G20 on the eve of COP26

View over Medellín, Colombia, located in a valley between mountains, smog over downtown area

The good news on NDCs is how they address health

Amazon rainforest in Brazil

COP26 must commit to eliminating deforestation

Oil refinery, St. Clair River, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, viewed from Port Huron, Michigan

It’s time to hold governments to task for fossil fuels they permit