Indonesia says low-carbon plan could spur annual GDP growth
Government aims to adopt policies to boost farm productivity, prevent deforestation, improve waste management and transition to renewable energy
Global carbon emissions hit record high in 2018 - IEA
Energy-related CO2 emissions rose by 1.7 percent, the highest rate of growth since 2013, with the power sector accounting for almost two-thirds
Sri Lanka's drought, failure to raise power capacity force nationwide power cuts
Drought has halved hydro-power generation to 15 percent of total electricity production amid attempts to save water for other needs
Brazil says new hydro power projects in the Amazon possible
"Environmental licensing is not an instrument to say no," says minister, adding assessments will be made on a strictly technical basis
Rescuers hope to reach more cyclone victims as roads reopen in Mozambique
Cyclone Idai lashed Mozambique's Beira with winds of up to 170 kph (105 mph), then moved inland to Zimbabwe and Malawi, flattening buildings and killing at least 657 people across the three countries
More floods loom as high river waters recede in U.S. Midwest
Midwest floods were unleashed last week after a "bomb cyclone" dumped torrential rains on hundreds of square miles of the snow-covered Plains
Mozambicans look to God as cyclone deaths rise
Cyclone Idai hit Beira, on the Indian Ocean, with winds up to 170 kph (105 mph), before barrelling inland to Zimbabwe and Malawi, flattening homes and killing at least 656 people
Ten days after cyclone, a destroyed African village waits
The water covering vast tracts of land west of the city of Beira has been receding, but the size of the disaster zone makes getting aid to the most needy difficult
Cholera cases reported as hunger, disease stalk African cyclone survivors
Cyclone Idai battered Beira, a port city of 500,000 residents, with strong winds and torrential rains last week, before moving inland to neighbouring Zimbabwe and Malawi
Plant protein startups vie to tap China’s hungry market
Backed by some of the world's top billionaires, plant protein firms are expanding into China for the first time this year