Rural Communities News
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Asia Pacific needs to ramp up births, deaths registrationBirths of 64 million children under-five in Asia Pacific remain unregistered. -
Questions about who gets the billions pledged to Indigenous causes at COP26Indigenous organisations say increasing direct funding to Indigenous-led initiatives and transparency in the flow of funds can increase effectiveness of the pledges and build trust.
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Deforestation can raise local temperatures by up to 4.5℃ — and heat untouched areas 6km awayCarbon & Climate
Deforestation can raise local temperatures by up to 4.5℃ — and heat untouched areas 6km away
Forests directly cool the planet, like natural evaporative air conditioners. So what happens when you cut them down? -
Twin threats: climate migrants said to face greater risk of modern slaveryNew report warns that millions more people displaced by climate change will be exposed to trafficking and slavery in the coming decades, and calls for policies to protect them.
Rural Communities Opinion
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Nature can't wait– Humanity is enmeshed in nature. Because we are capable of destroying it, we are responsible for protecting it. -
To improve lives, rural electrification efforts must respond to local aspirations– Fostering local innovation and equipping local service providers with the tools to deliver solutions that meet people’s needs can create sustainable development impact at scale. -
How to make climate investments flow to distributed renewables– Although great strides have been made in funding large-scale renewable projects, investment trends remain misaligned with the world's future needs. Distributed renewable energy have great potential to fill the gap but face challenges.
Videos
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Sun, waves and steam: How is Indonesia winning with renewables?– Southeast Asia's largest energy consumer has been slow to transition to renewables, but recent policies point to greater expansion of the country's solar, tidal and geothermal energy production.
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Meet the families working in Indonesia's palm oil industry– What has been the effect of this agribusiness company's dual-income policy on the households of its Indonesian workers?
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Dodging falling fruit and venomous snakes: A day in the life of an oil palm harvester– Palm oil frequently makes headlines, but the faceless workers harvesting the fruit of the oil palm less so. What are the challenges of the job and how can their rights be safeguarded?
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How do smallholder farmers benefit from sustainable agriculture?– How are sustainable agricultural practices transforming smallholder livelihoods for the better?
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