Climate change adaptation comes of age in UN talks
As climate negotiations start in Peru, the world faces "mind-boggling" costs to adapt to changes, expert says
Drought-hit Sao Paulo may 'get water from mud'
Deforestation, poor planning and a lack of investment in reservoirs have left São Paulo on the brink of disaster
Foreign "land grabs" redraw global map of farmland ownership
Some experts say the large-scale acquisitions could undermine the livelihoods of small farmers
Domestic abuse linked to football match days - Scottish study
Big games or those against a traditional rival are associated with higher recorded rates of domestic violence
Islamic State lacks funds to keep control of Iraqi, Syrian territory-experts
"That means there will probably come a time when the population could turn against the Islamic State," an expert on terrorist financing has said
PROFILE-South African mother turns tragedy into fight against HIV
Johanna Satekge doesn't know for sure how she contracted HIV but believes it may have been the result of being raped in her 20s
FEATURE-Bhopal's toxic legacy lives on, 30 years after industrial disaster
Thousands of tonnes of hazardous waste remains buried underground, poisoning drinking water and affecting locals' health
Pakistan to fight food insecurity with high-tech crop data
New geospatial system will better calculate crop losses to extreme weather and support efforts to tackle hunger
El Salvador's ex-gang members tell of long, hard road ahead
Families broken by emigration, high youth unemployment make appeal of drug gangs hard to resist
Indian police say girls found hanging from tree killed themselves
A case investigator has said the girls took their own lives "because of family pressure owing to disapproval of their friendship with a villager"