Environment
Fuller Defenders 2026: Meet the women fighting for your water
Meet the women campaigners, scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs protecting the water we drink
Scientists are just starting to understand the links between climate change and maternal mental health. India’s community health workers are already finding ways to tackle it
How climate change is endangering maternal health in India, causing pregnancy loss and worsening mental health
How Climate Change is Hitting Kenyan Girls’ Education
Climate change in Kenya is exacerbating barriers to girls’ education by increasing early marriage and child labour, and reducing school attendance due to drought, flooding, and the economic burden on rural families
Fast fashion is one of the world’s most polluting industries. Its global workforce is paying the price.
Around the world, fashion’s mostly female labor force are grappling with working conditions made increasingly unbearable and unhealthy by climate change.
Mona Polacca: leading with the heart in a time of climate change
Prominent spiritual elder reflects on what propels her work toward a future of Indigenous climate justice
Natural disasters raise risk of domestic violence
Natural disasters increase instances of intimate partner violence, creating particular danger for the usual victims: women
How motherhood spurred one New Yorker to take on the fossil fuel industry
Marlena Fontes is a climate activist and mother who wants to take down the fossil fuel industry
India has made remarkable progress cutting maternal deaths. Could climate change pose a threat?
Severe seasonal water shortages are forcing hospitals in India to close their doors to women in labor, raising fears that maternal health gains could be threatened
Can the Climate Tech Revolution Avoid Leaving Women Behind?
Tech is dominated by men. Only a small percentage of solar and wind workers are female – but there are places where women shine in the clean tech world
‘Women bear the biggest brunt of climate change,’ says climate scientist Susan Chomba
Kenyan Susan Chomba leads the fight against climate change and for the environment in a high-profile role at the World Resources Institute
