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Girls cover their faces to protect themselves from the stench of a filthy and malfunctioning restroom in their school. at this school, girls have no toilets of their own and their only option is to use the ones on the far side of the buildings where the boys study. They do not have locking doors and are several minutes’ walk from a water point. ©2017 Credit: Paula Bronstein for Human Rights Watch

Girls in Afghanistan, and Everywhere Else, Need Toilets

Heather Barr and Amanda Klasing 19/11/2017

Lack of access to clean, safe, private toilets is...

The UN climate talks plenary in Bonn (Credit: UNclimatechange)

Developing Countries Win Concessions on Early Climate Action at UN Talks

Karl Mathiesen and Li Jing 16/11/2017

A row over the promises rich countries made on...

The illegal Israeli settlement of Beitar Illit overlooks the olive groves of Wadi Fuqin. Credit: MEE/Chloé Benoist

Bitter Harvest: Israeli Settlements Close in on Palestinian Olive Farmers

Chloe Benoist 15/11/2017

For villagers of Wadi Fuqin, harvest is a regular...

"We can't get [climate finance]," says Célestine Ketcha Courtès, mayor of Bangangté in Cameroon. Credit: UN Climate Change

For Africans, ‘America’s Pledge’ Is About More Than Pollution

Karl Mathiesen, Climate Home News 13/11/2017

US mayors and governors want to show the world...

The projected 2% increase in carbon dioxide emissions comes from growth in China’s smokestack industries and jeopardises the Paris climate agreement goals, say experts. Credit: Wikipedia

Driven By China, Global Carbon Emissions Rise in 2017

Li Jing, Climate Home News 13/11/2017

The projected 2% increase in carbon dioxide emissions comes...

According to the Trump administration's Afghan policy, the burden is on the Pentagon to show results. Credit: Reuters

African Campaigners Call for US to Be Kicked Out of Bonn Climate Talks

Mantoe Phakathi 08/11/2017

With Donald Trump having avowed to withdraw from the...

A woman smokes a beedi or local cigarette hand-rolled with tobacco leaf on a roadside in New Delhi

Tobacco Industry Subverting Anti-Smoking Campaigns: WHO

Stephanie Nebehay 20/07/2017

The industry's interests are in "irreconcilable conflict with the...