World in Progress

How can we be better prepared for disasters like floods fueled by climate change? We hear from one of China's sponge cities how it's done. The Rio Grande in New Mexico was once an impressive river, but it's no longer what it used to be. How are locals coping? And how bikes can change lives.

On this week's show, why public school teachers are on strike in Chile, how girls from an Indian slum defy inequality by learning how to code, and how a radical policy change in Mexico is having real consequences for migrants coming from South and Central America, as well as Leros — the Greek refugee haven with a difference.

In some parts of the world, access to water is as simple as turning on the tap. But for many people that's not an option. Take Bolivia, for instance. The South American country that's been dealing with torrential rains and landslides is suffering from a lack of drinking water as glaciers melt away. Thomas Kruchem went to explore; his report is presented by Sue Cox.

On this week's show, how young Pakistani brides are ending up in the clutches of sex trafficking rings in China, the activist campaigning for indigenous rights in the southern Philippines, and why Liberia's health system still hasn't recovered from the 2014-15 Ebola epidemic.

This week we talk about digitalization and an uprising that changed history: Digital technologies such as mobile phones, apps and drones can help farmers boost their yields and help curb postharvest losses — we'll hear how it's done. And: How the Stonewall rebellion 50 years ago was a tipping point for the Gay Liberation Movement in the US.

Indigenous climate leader Pasang Dolma Sherpa talks about the 'historic moment' for indigenous people and how they can make a difference in climate negotiations. We also hear how Mapuche indigenous people in Chile are fighting plans to build the country's biggest wind farm. And how Tibetan nomads are carving out a living for themselves to be able to stay in the highlands of Qinghai.

Challenged by the aftermath of natural disasters, decades of political crisis and an increasingly unpredictable climate, some farmers in Haiti now employ ecological farming methods to feed their families.

Maggots in Indonesia help solve the garbage crisis - and create opportunities - How families of people killed in Mexico's drug war try to find closure - Resurrecting the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra

This week on World in Progress: In India, Muslims are afraid of more discrimination and attacks after the right-wing Hindu party BJP won the general elections. In New York, Jewish citizens tell a tale of showing their religion openly in times of Trump.

On this week's show, we head to Singapore where 100 scientists have gathered for the Future Cities Laboratory, our very own megacities reporter fills us in about how our urban spaces might change in the future and we discover China's brand new electric car industry and ask: is it really the new hub of automobile development?