humanitarian crisis

Aggressive Russian bombing in Ukraine increases the world’s greenhouse gas quotient by as much as another whole European country might produce — without any accountability or even discussion at climate talks. 

The active involvement of many G20 countries in the development of Russian oil and gas projects and related infrastructure poses dire consequences for democracy and peace in the world, writes Svitlana Romanko, founder and director of Razom We Stand.

The increased food price volatility is likely to persist as long as Russia puts the global food supply under deliberate stress.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused Moscow of a "new colonial approach" in Ukraine during a surprise visit to Kyiv on Saturday, June 10, 2023, where he told that country's parliament they are fighting for "the future of us all."

After her father was assassinated, Ilwad Elman and her family fled war-torn Somalia, becoming refugees in Canada. But at 20, she returned home — and stayed — to build support for survivors in a country where gender-based violence is rampant.

Amid a severe drought, Afghan scientists are asking the international community to engage with the brutal regime.

Forest fires, burst pipelines, and chemical waste are just some of the more than 800 instances of environmental degradation recorded since Russia's invasion began.

The death toll from floods in Nigeria this year has increased to 603 as local authorities race to get relief items to hundreds of thousands being evacuated from their submerged homes.

Climate change likely juiced rainfall by up to 50% late last month in two southern Pakistan provinces, but global warming wasn’t the biggest cause of the country’s catastrophic flooding that has killed more than 1,500 people, a new scientific analysis finds.

Plan International Canada said it has seen a worrying increase in the number of teenage girls in the developing world being forced into marriage because their families cannot afford to feed them.

Montreal's ombudswoman described homelessness experienced by Indigenous people in the city as a "humanitarian crisis" in a report released Wednesday.

Russian scientists are being barred from international collaborations, including at-sea surveys and scientific conferences.

The United Nations is predicting dire hunger for more than half of Afghanistan's people in the coming months unless Canada and its Western allies step up with greater financial support.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he will convene a meeting of leaders from the Group of Seven nations on Tuesday, August 24, 2021, for "urgent talks on the situation in Afghanistan."

Imagine a place where access to food and clean drinking water is a daily struggle for millions of children and their families. The humanitarian crisis in Yemen is the worst in the world This article was written and paid for by the United Nations Refugee Agency in Canada to raise awareness about the plight of 20 million people in acute need, and to raise money to offer help.