Q&A: Curbing climate change requires "complete transformation" - UNEP official
"We’re talking about a fundamentally different approach to our economies, to our development, to our energy use" - UNEP official
Tanzania to ban public officials from holding private sector jobs
It remains unclear which agency will prosecute conflict of interest cases, and whether the Ethics body can be independent
US government should copy tobacco growers' child labour ban-HRW
Children working in U.S. tobacco fields reported symptoms of acute nicotine poisoning, long hours, poor pay
Seeking cash for climate protection? Time to get creative
Governments and aid agencies are failing to tap into the hundreds of millions of dollars available, expert says
Can space-conquering India sort out its earthly toilet problem?
Changing attitudes is just as important as building toilets if Modi is to achieve his 2019 goal of making India clean
Food crisis looms as Ebola rampages through West Africa
Abandoned farms and border closures are harming economy, cutting food supply, many may go hungry
Marathon walk to storm-hit city spotlights Philippine climate risks
Hundreds of activists hope 38-day walk will raise awareness of threat from higher seas, extreme weather
Sudanese women protest worsening oppression, rising food prices
"They look upon women as evil and devils" - Amira Osman, who was arrested in 2013 for refusing to wear headscarf
Scientists speed up analysis of human link to wild weather
New system must win acceptance as being scientifically sound and politically neutral, providing honest information
UK must channel aid to fight FGM in Sierra Leone - lawmakers
90 percent of women in Sierra Leone cut in practice seen as prerequisite for marriage and even a political tool