Global Us: What connects us all

Many peoples’ lives depend on the forest and the animals within, but all of us need the forest. It’s crucial to the water cycle, helps prevent against landslides and erosion and is an active player in climate protection.

NGOs are helping farming families in Nepal improve their methods. That also helps protect the environment by introducing organic pesticides, climate-resilient crops and ones with deep roots that bind the soil.

The Egg Dee snack bar in Jaipur boasts a menu of 250 dishes and sells 500 omelets a day. It's been there since the late 1970s, and has become something of a local institution.

The Egg Dee snack bar in Jaipur boasts a menu of 250 dishes and sells 500 omelets a day. It's been there since the late 1970s, and has become something of a local institution.

NGOs are helping farming families in Nepal improve their methods. That also helps protect the environment by introducing organic pesticides, climate-resilient crops and ones with deep roots that bind the soil.

Dengue fever is a sickness that spreads via mosquitoes faster than any other. And climate change exacerbating the danger, with warmer and more humid conditions boosting mosquito populations.

Dengue fever is a sickness that spreads via mosquitoes faster than any other. And climate change exacerbating the danger, with warmer and more humid conditions boosting mosquito populations.

More and more children in the UK now live in households with incomes below the poverty level. Since 2014, numbers have grown dramatically. Many families are getting into debt trying to pay their rent and have to visit food banks to get by.

In 2017, around 80 percent of the wealth generated globally went to just one percent of the population. How do the rich who benefit most view this development? Even some wealthy people have called on policymakers to implement more taxes on capital and property.

Thousands of homeless people sleep rough in tents in Los Angeles. Some are addicts, others lost their jobs. All have a story to tell about how they ended up on the street. The wealthy complain policymakers are to blame. Authorities appear overwhelmed.