Family farming in developing and developed countries and the role it plays for food security will be the central topic of Slow Food’s Salone del Gusto,...
A new study has highlighted the health risks associated with climate change and argues that are numerous health benefits are possible though efforts to mitigate and...
We live in dangerous and uncertain times. If climate change is the defining challenge of our age, this week will go down as a pivotal moment...
So far this year, the world has poured record amounts of greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere, with a strong rise of 2.5% over 2013 levels, totalling...
A group of fashion brands, including Primark, H&M, Next and Zara have agreed to raise the minimum wage of garment workers in Cambodia, who were earning...
A new report has warned that climate change adaption budget in the world’s poorest nations could reverse the progress made on reducing poverty. The report has...
A group of leading charities in the UK have launched a manifesto with recommendations to improve corporate sustainability and accountability in corporate human rights abuses abroad....
Sunday this weekend, a fossil free bloc at the peoples climate march in London, the world’s largest climate mobilisation of people, will demand divestment from fossil...
Alex Salmond, first minister of Scotland and leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), is to stand down after the Scottish public rejected independence in Thursday’s...
NGOs, governments and investors have been asked to recognise and strengthen indigenous peoples’ rights to forests, as a way to reduce poverty, ensure forest and human...
On September 19 in 1893, New Zealand became the first country to pass a bill allowing women to vote, paving the way for others that later...
Scotland’s independence debate has dispelled the myth that people are apathetic about politics. What is critical is the importance of the vote and the way the...
Some 2,001,926 people in Scotland have voted for the union against 1,617,989 who wanted independence, with Scotland’s first minister Alex Salmond calling for promises of more...
Eight in ten people have used charitable services over the past year, with many Britons saying that charities play an essential or very important role in...
A poll by consumer group Which? rated npower and Scottish Power as the worst UK brands for customer service, while First Direct and ethical companies Lush...