As floods rise in Bangladesh, crab farming helps families tread water

With both rice and shrimp increasingly difficult to raise, southern Bangladesh farmers are turning to a new crop JOYMONI, Bangladesh, March 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Kishore Mondol, a farmer in the low-lying deltas...

Solar power push lights up options for India’s rural women

From cash to buy bicycles to jobs that avoid early marriage, solar mini-grid power is giving Uttar Pradesh women choices KAMLAPUR, India, Feb 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – In her village of Komalia, the...

Crowd-Sourced Data and a Mobile Phone Application Are Making Cities Safer for Women

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Feb 21 2018 (IPS) – When Shiba Kurian alighted from Chennai’s city train, the evening office-returning crowd was thick and jostling. Having booked a ride-hail cab she walked out to the...

Plastic recycling aims to cure turtle tummy-ache on Kenya’s coast

WATAMU, Kenya, Dec 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Kai, a three-year-old green sea turtle, was released back into the turquoise waters of the Indian Ocean off Kenya’s coast this month. She had been hospitalised...

Q&A: “What Price Do We Put on Our Oceans?”

IPS correspondent Manipadma Jena interviews the Executive Director of United Nations Environment ERIK SOLHEIM ahead of the Dec. 4-6 3rd UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi, where 193 member states will discuss and make global...

Climate change could deal body blow to migratory birds

Warmer winters and fluctuating rainfall in Chilika Lake are proving to be major disruptors for the large population of migratory birds in this famous lagoon on India’s eastern coast. It is only February but...

Inventor aims for healthier Yemen by turning waste into clean fuel

NAIROBI, Jan 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Growing up in Al-Harrah, a small village in west-central Yemen, Omer Badokhon watched his mother cooking for hours at a time in a smoke-filled kitchen. Now the...

Poor air quality in India raises global concern

The growth story of India in recent decades has been marred by the steep rise in air pollution in most cities that calls for emergency measures. Nairobi/New Delhi, January 19,2018 – Air pollution in...

Climate change amplifies superbugs’ resistance to antibiotics

There is a less well-known but significant role of environmental factors in amplifying antibiotic resistance in India, which could increase as global warming picks up pace. Nairobi/New Delhi, Jauary 8, 2018 – Antibiotic resistance...

Extreme heat shaves billions off India’s GDP

Developing nations are demanding a financial mechanism to deal with climate disasters at the global summit in Bonn, even as heat waves start affecting millions of workers in countries like India and China Bhubaneswar,...