Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, UN Country Team in Ukraine Country: Ukraine Humanitarian organisations are now urgently appealing for US$52 million, to address time-critical needs for the remainder of 2019. Less than 30% of funds requested have been mobilized. (Kyiv, 19 August 2019) On World Humanitarian […]

One of the world’s leading polar explorers has sounded the alarm over the dramatic increase in cruise ship tourism in the Arctic. Arved Fuchs, who was the first person to venture on foot to both poles in a single year, believes that the incursion of large cruise ships is threatening […]

Two new studies published in Nature and Nature Geoscience suggest that we are witnessing unprecedented climate change at a global scale incomparable to anything from the past 2,000 years. And this time the science is as certain as ever about the human origins of climate change. Published as companion pieces, […]

Tse Lai-nam has all the gear necessary for the next Hong Kong protest. He’s rarely missed one.

Source: Women’s Refugee Commission Country: Bangladesh, Myanmar A new report reviews how gender and its intersection with other factors have been integrated by operational agencies and organizations into the humanitarian response in Bangladesh. Executive Summary Gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls are considered central to an effective, […]