5 facts you need to know about human trafficking
Trafficking for forced labour accounts for 36% of all trafficking cases. Forced labour generates $150 billion in illegal profits per year. Here are 5 facts about trafficking
Traces of migrants' unfinished journeys
Photos, watches, cellphones, taken from the bodies of some 90 migrants – Syrian, Pakistani and Sudanese - who died at sea on three boats in the Mediterranean and kept by Italian police to identify them and help convict people smugglers
Sustainable design
Designing and building homes, buildings and devices that efficiently use energy and resources is a key way of dealing with climate change - and making lives better
Singapore's "silent army" of migrant domestic workers
Singapore, one of the richest nations in Southeast Asia, is home to estimated 220,000 foreign domestic workers mostly from Indonesia, the Philippines and Myanmar.
Climate activists take to streets as U.N. talks kick off
Climate action in Paris Sunday had two faces, but both were focused on "system change, not climate change"
UN climate talks 2015
Negotiations are leading toward a new global deal in Paris in December 2015 to curb climate changing emissions and help poorer nations adapt to climate impacts. Will an ambitious deal be agreed?
Improving access to weather information
Better access to weather information, in a form people can use, can have a huge impact in reducing disaster risk and improving adaptation to climate change