India, damage caused by cyclones Tauktae and Yaas impacts vaccinations
Massive cyclones Tauktae and Yaas have claimed lives and livelihoods, as well as affecting the Covid-19 vaccination drive in India’s coastal states.
Return to Fukushima, 10 years later
Ten years have passed since the 11 March 2011 disaster, but this chapter is far from over. Travelling through Fukushima, renewal and destruction can be seen side by side, sometimes separated only by a road.
Zica Pires, a lifetime protecting quilombo land in Brazil
The story of water defender Zica Pires, a young Brazilian activist fighting against the exploitation of quilombo land in Brazil.
In the eye of the typhoon: Japan isn’t ready for the climate crisis
Typhoons will become more intense as a result of global warming, but Japan must do more to prepare itself for the perfect storm.
Climate change, new risks and opportunities for businesses
Businesses should evaluate the risks and opportunities of climate change and its mitigation to ensure their long-term resilience and success.
India, the brutal effects of Cyclone Amphan in West Bengal won’t fade quickly
Cyclone Amphan caused massive destruction in the Indian state of West Bengal, devouring lives, livelihoods and ecosystems that won’t easily be recovered.
Sundarbans mangrove forest protects Bangladesh from the worse of Cyclone Amphan
Bangladesh suffered widespread damage as a result of Cyclone Amphan. Yet the Sundarbans mangrove forest acted as a natural barrier protecting the country from further destruction, as it has done countless times before.
Trapped in the rubble, the Palu earthquake shows the cost of the World Bank’s pro-business agenda in Indonesia
The World Bank’s pro-business agenda has led to lax and risky construction rules in Indonesia, a fact brought into focus by the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit Palu in September as Elizabeth Fraser, Senior Policy Analyst at the Oakland Institute, highlights.
Fukushima, planting the seeds of renewal
The scene isn’t post-apocalyptic as one might expect. Fukushima, now, seems like any other place – underpopulated but ordinary. In 2016 we visited the prefecture on the northeastern coast of Japan, over 200 kilometres north of the capital Tokyo, to talk to those who are committed to getting their lives back on track after the earthquake, tsunami