New World Bank boss vows to keep climate goals, evolve China relationship
Malpass has pledged to step up the lender's anti-poverty mission
Powerful, 'abnormal' rains lash Rio de Janeiro, at least six dead
Brazil's second largest city has declared a state of emergency after the storm
Zimbabwe seeks $613 million aid from donors after drought, cyclone
An El Nino-induced drought has wilted crops across Zimbabwe and left about a third of its 15 million people in need of food assistance
Brazil's Bolsonaro wants U.S. to join development plan for the Amazon
Bolsonaro again criticized demarcations of indigenous reserves in the Amazon, saying they hamper development
Chile wants more ambitious action at UN climate change conference
The U.N. Paris Agreement was not strong enough 'to prevent the world from continuing on a path that could end in tragedy,' the president told a news conference
Brazil minister says he will shrink, not replace environmental agency
Comments by the right-wing Bolsonaro during his campaign sparked fears among activists that he would broadly roll back environmental protections
Cyclone Idai's death toll stands at 847, cholera cases rise
Latest figures on the destruction wrought by Cyclone Idai across three countries
Shell pushes green credentials with "carbon neutral" driving scheme
Carbon credit scheme to offset drivers' emissions is due to launch in the Netherlands this month before being expanded to other countries
London's ultra low emissions levy on older vehicles kicks in
The Ultra Low Emission Zone is a centrepiece of London's plans to clean up its polluted air
Indonesia, Malaysia send letter of objection to EU over palm curbs
The world's top producers of the vegetable oil have both threatened a World Trade Organization challenge against the EU over its plan to stop the use of palm oil by 2030 in renewable transport fuel