If children are taught how to respond to disasters and climate change, the whole community benefits, reports Mushfique Wadud. KURIGRAM, Bangladesh, Nov 30 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Bangladeshi teacher Monjurul…
An influx of rural migrants putting extra pressure on Dar es Salaam’s housing supply, forcing poorer residents to move to the periphery, writes Kizito Makoye. DAR ES SALAAM, Nov 24…
BARCELONA, Nov 25 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Unless the world stops burning fossil fuels that are fuelling global warming, irreversible changes in the Arctic could have disastrous effects for the…
Creative ways to protect culture are emerging, not least from heritage protection organisations that have long experience dealing with threats to culture, writes Laurie Goering. MARRAKESH, Morocco, Nov 15 (Thomson…
A flood or earthquake can flatten the poor – but not show up as a big economic impact if they already buy very little, writes Megan Rowling. MARRAKESH, Morocco, Nov…
Improving drainage, storing the water, then harnessing the community to keep things working is reducing flood risks in Senegal, reports Megan Rowling. YEUMBEUL NORD, Senegal, Oct 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation)…
Effort to cut child deaths includes new construction standards for schools, evacuation drills and putting climate risks into the curriculum, by Saleem Shaikh. SAJAWAL, Pakistan, Oct 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation)…
Typhoon Haima is approaching the Philippines with maximum sustained winds of 225kph and gusts of 315kph By Beh Lih Yi JAKARTA, Oct 19 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Aid agencies were…
“High-income countries suffer huge economic losses in disasters, but people in low-income countries pay with their lives,” says Ban Ki-moon By Megan Rowling BARCELONA, Oct 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) –…
Fast-growing cities particularly in the developing world are ill-prepared to deal with increasing climate-related disasters, reports Sebastien Malo for the Thomson Reuters Foundation. NEW YORK, Oct 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation)…
Of the 1.35 million people killed by natural hazards from 1996 to 2015, 90 percent died in low and middle-income countries, reports Megan Rowling for the Thomson Reuters Foundation. BARCELONA,…
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Hurricanes could start flooding New York City’s coastline as often as every 20 years due to the effects of climate change on sea-level rise…
NEW YORK, Oct 5 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Hurricane Matthew, which slammed into Haiti this week, has created the worst humanitarian crisis in the impoverished nation since a devastating earthquake…
Hurricane Matthew severely damaged water supplies and sanitation systems in the Caribbean nation, report Makini Brice and Anastasia Moloney. LES CAYES, Haiti, Oct 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Health officials…
BARCELONA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A sharp increase in methane, a potent greenhouse gas, in the Earth’s atmosphere since 2007 is the result of higher emissions from biological sources such…
More than 70 percent of North Korea’s population experiences food shortages, with many lacking essential proteins, fats, vitamins and minerals, reports Alex Whiting for the Thomson Reuters Foundation. ROME, Sept…
