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Fifi, with her daughter Mia, bemoans the slow pace of construction. Photos: Tamzin Forster

21 Jan 2020 4 minute read

This article is more than three years old.

Barbudans are resisting disaster capitalists

Ever since Hurricane Irma struck in September 2017, residents of Barbuda have been trying to defend themselves against those...

Gone with the wind in Dominica

1 Jan 2018 2 minute read

This article is more than five years old.

Gone with the wind in Dominica

Hurricane Maria swept through Dominica, destroying 62 per cent of all dwellings and killing 57, Richard Swift...

Requiem for Grenfell

28 Sep 2017 2 minute read

This article is more than five years old.

Requiem 4 Grenfell

A visual poem for those affected by the tragedy, by Julio Etchart.

22 Dec 2015 2 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

Are we going to sit back and wait for the next mine waste disaster?

Following a recent tragedy in Brazil, Jennifer Krill wonders when environmental laws are going to be enforced...

20 Dec 2015 3 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

‘The earthquake killed thousands but the blockade can kill millions'

The situation in Nepal is desperate, reports Emily Walker.

11 Dec 2015 8 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

We are going backwards, COP21 is the opposite of progress

Naomi Klein speaks with Frank Barat about the limits of the Paris climate talks.

10 Nov 2015 5 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

The pipe dream that came true

Cherri Foytlin on the significance of Obama’s decision to reject the Keystone XL pipeline.

21 Oct 2015 5 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

‘The earth in Indonesia is on fire’

Nithin Coca looks at the causes of an unfolding environmental and health catastrophe.

4 Sep 2015 5 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

Crisis and the politics of neglect

Disasters and emergencies are brutal in their exposure of who matters and who doesn’t, argues Rich Mallett....

10 Aug 2015 3 minute read

This article is almost eight years old.

Pakistan’s floods come in waves

The overflowing Indus River is making people’s lives dangerous, difficult and uncertain, writes Neill Garvie...

13 May 2015 3 minute read

This article is almost eight years old.

Eight ways to help stop human trafficking in Nepal

Women and children are even more vulnerable following the earthquakes, writes Beulah Devaney, so what can we...

30 Apr 2015 3 minute read

This article is almost eight years old.

When life comes crashing down

The Nepal earthquake has devastated an already-poor nation. What next? asks Mari Marcel Thekaekara.

26 Dec 2014 2 minute read

This article is more than eight years old.

PHOTO ESSAY: After the tsunami

A series of images taken by Tim Hetherington a year after the disaster are now part of a multimedia...

11 Nov 2014 3 minute read

This article is more than eight years old.

A year after Haiyan – still waiting, still hoping

The government has failed to provide adequately for those who lost everything, says Iris Gonzales.

7 Oct 2014 3 minute read

This article is more than eight years old.

Kashmiris rise up in the fight against the floods

In the face of state inertia, Kashmiris have taken matters into their own hands. Uzma Falak reports.

7 Feb 2014 3 minute read

This article is more than nine years old.

Typhoon Haiyan, three months on

Filipino NGO worker Maila Quiring, reports on efforts to rebuild the worst affected areas in Eastern Samar....

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