“Our new research shows that to address global poverty and create a more stable world for everyone, we must confront the climate risks endangering nearly 900 million poor people,” says Haoliang Xu, ...

Nearly 80 per cent of the world's poor - 887 million people - live in regions that are exposed to extreme heat, flooding and other climate hazards, highlighting the urgent need for global action to ...

Tucked away in the heart of East Africa, surrounded by its much larger neighbours of Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, lies a tiny country smaller than the state of Maryland in ...

The richest 1 percent in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region were responsible for 26 percent of carbon emissions in 2022, while the poorest half of the population were responsible for only ...

After slashing foreign assistance and introducing steep tariffs, the Trump administration is proposing a new tax on remittances. African nations would be among the hardest hit. By Saikou Jammeh and ...

"We are demanding the complete overhaul of our entire system….as young people we represent the future of our nation." Madagascar is not an isolated example in Africa, either. Across the Indian Ocean, ...

Nigerien student Hachimou Abdou has had to catch a boat to classes since river water swamped his route to university in the capital Niamey - one of about 760,000 people hit by severe flooding in ...