For decades, common wisdom and public health messaging have assumed that people in highly developed nations, like the United States, are relatively sedentary and burn far fewer daily calories than ...

The world is facing more extreme weather that scientists say is fueled by human-driven climate change. The poorest countries have done the least to cause the problem, but they are being hit the ...

Year after year, the small, densely forested west African nation of Liberia is facing ever more extreme impacts of the climate crisis, including floods and droughts that wreak havoc for farmers and ...

For the billions of people around the world who live in countries that are not yet fully economically developed, I have some disturbing news: The very last chance for their nations to reach developed ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — China told assembled world leaders Thursday that it considers itself part of the Global South, saying it identifies with the goals and challenges of less-developed nations and ...

From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by host Steve Curwood with Alden Meyer, a senior consultant at E3G, an independent climate ...

In this article, we take a look at the 30 least developed countries and their characteristics. If you would like to skip our detailed analysis of the world’s least-developed countries, you can ...

Discover what defines a newly industrialized country—economies transitioning from agriculture to industry, with notable GDP growth yet shy of being fully developed.