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Green and safe, or dirty and dangerous? East Asia's cities grapple with growth

Population – Feb 7, 2017

Women harvest crops from a communal green area among high-rise apartments in Incheon, South Korea, Sept. 18, 2014.

From refugees to earthquakes, Istanbul ready for a reshape, say city planners

Urban planning – Apr 28, 2018

A ferry, with a new mosque under construction at Camlica hill in the background, sets sail in the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey, July 31, 2017.

UN urban chief on mission to reform and make cities better for women

Women – May 1, 2018

A veiled woman and her child sit on the ground in Ouled Moussa district in the outskirts of Rabat, Morocco, April 24, 2018.

Urban nomads: Mongolian herders battle new future as they leave the land for the city

Climate change – May 3, 2018

Jugdur Samdan, a herder poses for a portrait in his winter camp in Arkhangai Province, Mongolia, February 3, 2018.

Despite violence, Somalia eyes a clean energy future - UN envoy

Energy access – May 4, 2018

A mural on the wall of a shop illustrates electrical appliances, cosmetics and beverages in the Hamarweyne district of Mogadishu, Somalia

Opinion-Lessons of Cyclone Nargis still need to be applied

Disaster prevention – May 3, 2018

A boy carries supplies off a small wharf along the Pyanmalot River in Pyinsalu Township located in Myanmar's delta region, April 28, 2009

Education and roads key to withstanding food crises - U.N.

Food – May 15, 2018

Men carry bags of food aid at the Kakuma refugee camp in northern Kenya, March 6, 2018. Picture taken March 6, 2018.

World's urban growth will surge most in India, China and Nigeria - UN

Urban (re)development – May 16, 2018

A woman walks at the Bund in front of the financial district of Pudong in Shanghai March 5, 2015.

From camels to catfish, Algeria boosts fish farming in the Sahara desert

Farming – May 20, 2018

Camels on a 15-hectare farm co-owned by Milouda Mohammed and his brothers in Touggourt, a town in the Sahara, in southern Algeria, April 12, 2018.

'Don't touch the bodies': Congo volunteers race to stop Ebola spreading

Health – May 23, 2018

World Health Organization (WHO) workers prepare a centre for vaccination during the launch of a campaign aimed at beating an outbreak of Ebola in the port city of Mbandaka, Democratic Republic of Congo

Are the global goals doomed to fail without better open data?

Open data – May 24, 2018

Employees work at their desks at Mediatrac, a data analytics start up company in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 13, 2016.

Global Centre of Excellence on Climate Adaptation to open in Netherlands

Environment – Feb 8, 2017

via Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment

Strict warming curb key to survival of world's most vulnerable - ex-U.N. climate chief

Climate change – Jun 1, 2018

People make their way through heavy smog on an extremely polluted day with red alert issued, in Shengfang, Hebei province, China December 19, 2016.

Desert city Phoenix mulls ways to quench thirst of sprawling suburbs

Water – Jun 7, 2018

A road abruptly ends next to a sign for a cattle ranch near Douglas, Arizona, United States, October 10, 2016.

U.N. launches $291m programme to save lives, build resilience in Haiti

Aid – Feb 9, 2017

via Jamaica Observer

Opinion-Hurricanes, floods and volcanoes bring Americas together to tackle risk

Disaster prevention – Jun 20, 2018

Eva Ascon, is embraced by a family member as rescue workers search for her relatives after the Fuego volcano erupted at San Miguel Los Lotes in Escuintla, Guatemala, June 15, 2018.

Plant trees in refugee camps to stop forest loss and conflict, U.N. says

Refugees – Jun 20, 2018

A Rohingya refugee child climbs a tree at the Palongkhali refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh December 22, 2017.

Conflict, climate change choke efforts to cure poverty, inequality - UN

Climate change – Jun 20, 2018

Boys receive free food distributed to the needy during the fasting month of Ramadan at the Abdul-Qadir al-Gailani mosque in Baghdad, Iraq May 29, 2018.

How language, tech open opportunities for refugees

Migration – Jun 21, 2018

One of the Syrian refugees and displaced Iraqis students is reflected in the computer screen as he attends a class to learn basic and advanced coding skills at Re:Coded boot camp, in Erbil, Iraq February 1, 2017.

Malnutrition the 'challenge of our time', say award winners

Nutrition – Jun 25, 2018

Yasir Camelo, 5, eats a tropical fruit called "pomarosa" from a tree in front of his house in La Fria, Venezuela, June 1, 2016.