Megan Rowling is a journalist for the Thomson Reuters Foundation, covering the latest developments in humanitarian crises, aid, climate change, governance and women’s rights. She specialises in the impacts of climate change on developing countries, and solutions to this growing problem, including disaster risk reduction and climate finance.
City officials are harnessing networks and tools devised for responding to better-known risks, like climate change emergencies, to tackle coronavirus.
The United Nations has warned that human development could be reversed for the first time since 1990, as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
The UN's Emergency Relief Coordinator explains how the coronavirus pandemic may affect developing nations, as the UN announces a $2 billion dollar aid plan.
Technology can help monitor the health impact of fighting fires on those on the front lines.
A new commission reports on the lives of children around the world - suggesting plenty of work is needed.
Population growth, more intense rainfall and melting ice are likely to cause more frequent and severe floods.
The World Health Organisation has warned that human health is paying the price of the world's failure to curb global warming.
Seven of the top 10 countries with the highest displacement by proportion of their population were developing island states, largely in the Pacific and the Caribbean, the report found.
Cities on a digital path to a greener future risk excluding the poor, elderly and disabled - and women need a bigger voice as well.
A total of $4.4 billion is required to improve modern cooking methods, away from 40% of the world's population who still use traditional fuels such as wood and charcoal.
With urban capitals home to 50% of the world's population, and generating 75% of global carbon emissions, they are vital in the battle to reverse global warming.
It has sensors that monitor temperature, smoke concentration and humidity in real-time, and can send colour-coded alerts via a Cloud platform to command centres.
Five wealthy nations have promised new contributions worth almost $6 billion to the U.N.-backed Green Climate Fund, which is seeking to refill its coffers this year to ramp up efforts to ...
Both the intensity and duration of extreme weather will worsen in the northern hemisphere as temperatures rise.
A report by the U.N. climate science panel recognises strong community land rights for indigenous people and women as key to tackling global warming.
