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Our correspondents and contributors report on human rights and environmental justice issues from across the world, telling globally relevant stories from a local perspective.

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April 04, 2025
Too Hot to Compute: The Water Crisis Behind Southeast Asia’s Data Centre Boom
topic:Digitalisation
by:Toh Ee Ming
As tech giants invest in Southeast Asia, the region’s data centre boom is straining water systems. Can cooling technology offer a sustainable way forward?
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March 28, 2025
Catatumbo crisis marginalises northeast Colombia communities
topic:Refugees and Asylum
by:Lital Khaikin
Colombia’s worst humanitarian crisis in over a decade has the country’s President in a bind.
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March 24, 2025
Asia-Pacific faces a make-or-break moment for SDGs
topic:Sustainable Development
by:Yair Oded
The clock is ticking - and the region must choose between urgency and equity.
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March 19, 2025
Big Oil's Gambit in the Niger Delta
topic:Pollution
by:Taiwo Hassan
Oil giants leave local communities to the threats of toxic hydrocarbon leakage and years-long pollution after a controversial divestment from onshore fields
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March 12, 2025
Toxic waters, broken promises: Argentina's fight for river restoration
topic:Climate Change
by:Ana Victoria Dominguez Britos
The Riachuelo River in Argentina has choked on pollution for over two centuries, poisoning the millions who live along its banks.
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March 08, 2025
The Power of Optimism: A Conversation with Christiana Figueres
topic:Climate action
by:FairPlanet Editorial Team
The architect of the Paris Agreement shares her personal insights on optimism, collaboration and the spiritual foundation that sustains her leadership.
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March 04, 2025
The ruling Shell wanted. The precedent it feared.
topic:Climate action
by:Yair Oded
Did the oil giant's court victory mark a turning point for climate cases?
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February 25, 2025
Namibia bets on mushroom waste to tackle housing crisis and reduce emissions
topic:Climate Change
by:Bob Koigi
As Namibia has been grappling with the worst drought in a century, a waste-to-building initiative seeks to offer a sustainable alternative to housing.
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February 21, 2025
Criminalising Ecocide: a conversation with Jojo Mehta
topic:Sustainable Consumption
by:FairPlanet Editorial Team
As the climate crisis escalates, so does the urgent need for legal frameworks that hold decision-makers accountable for environmental destruction. In this [...]
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February 10, 2025
Why Asia-Pacific’s climate strategy must change
topic:Climate action
by:FairPlanet Editorial Team
Climate disasters are escalating across Asia-Pacific, but small fixes won’t cut it. Is the region ready for a bold transformation?
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February 08, 2025
Collective trauma’s contribution to climate change
topic:Climate Change
by:FairPlanet Editorial Team
Thomas Hübl speaks to Pocket Project CEO Kosha Joubert about integrating ancient wisdom with modern science to help societies heal systemic wounds.
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February 05, 2025
Can desalination solve global water shortage?
topic:Sustainable Consumption
by:Bob Koigi
Globally, nearly half of the population is grappling with water shortages, while over 700 million lack clean, drinkable water.
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February 01, 2025
Returning to Unsafe Homes in war-torn South Lebanon
topic:Human Rights
by:Kanika Gupta
The uncertainty of a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah has not stopped Lebanese from returning homes in ruins.
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January 28, 2025
Why is the Arctic melting faster than ever?
topic:Global Warming
by:Ama Lorenz
Climate change in the Arctic is something that should be worrying every person on earth at the moment, even if they live far from any ice and snow.
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January 20, 2025
What is nuclear energy and can it help stop climate change?
topic:Energy
by:Gerardo Bandera
What is controversial nuclear energy?
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January 18, 2025
Escape or die: The deadly crackdown on LGBTQ+ lives in Dagestan
topic:LGBT Rights
by:Eleftheria Kousta
Trapped in a dangerous web of persecution, LGBTQ+ individuals in Dagestan face arbitrary arrests, torture and impossible choices.
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January 11, 2025
Can Russia go green?
topic:Climate action
by:Vlad Key
Russia holds immense power in the fight against climate change. But are its bold promises of carbon neutrality by 2060 a genuine effort—or just empty words?
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January 07, 2025
What are proxy wars and where are they happening?
topic:Political violence
by:Nour Ghantous
These covert conflicts, where significant powers pull the strings behind the scenes, have altered the destinies of entire nations.
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December 26, 2024
Why is concrete so damaging to the environment?
topic:Sustainable Development
by:Gerardo Bandera
What makes concrete so damaging? From carbon-heavy cement production to water-intensive processes and biodiversity loss, its impacts run deep.
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December 21, 2024
Inside Asia’s expanding web of digital scams and human trafficking
topic:Human Trafficking
by:Chermaine Lee
How online scam networks fuel Southeast Asia’s worsening human trafficking crisis.
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