Death toll from acute encephalitis in east Indian town rises to 129 children
While the precise causes of the outbreak are not known, a majority of medical professionals say it is linked to a ferocious heat-wave
Police arrest 70 climate change protesters outside New York Times
The Extinction Rebellion group wants the media to report on "the climate emergency" rather than climate change so that "people can start pushing for more radical responses"
Southeast Asian nations vow to combat plastic debris in oceans
ASEAN members Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand, along with worst offender China, throw the most plastic waste into oceans
With far-north temperatures rising, Alaska tundra fires proliferate
Although tundra fires have burned in Alaska in the past, their frequency is increasing as temperatures rise, scientists say
UK junior minister suspended after grappling with eco-protester
Mark Field grabbed a demonstrator by the neck and pushed her when a climate-change protest interrupted a speech by Britain's finance minister
Ambitious 2050 climate goal relegated to footnote at EU summit
To achieve net-zero emissions, the bloc would have to invest an additional 175 to 290 billion euros ($198-327 billion) per year in clean energy technology
Clean power to overtake fossil fuels in Britain in 2019
The increase in zero-carbon power marks a huge shift from a decade ago when coal and gas plants provided around three-quarters of the country's electricity
British parliament to hold Citizens' Assembly on climate crisis
The assembly will have no independent powers but its deliberations will inform public discussion over how UK can deliver on a commitment to reach net zero carbon by 2050
In Greta Thunberg's footsteps: the climate kids fighting for their future
Hundreds of thousands of pupils and students now regularly join Fridays for Future strikes in more than 120 countries
New York lawmakers pass aggressive law to fight climate change
If signed into law, it would make New York the second U.S. state to aim for a carbon-neutral economy, after California