Beijing aims to curb city's use of coal by 2020
Beijing will also try to cap total emissions of CO2, or climate-warming greenhouse gas, by around 2020 or even earlier
Wind, solar do not harm power grid reliability-draft U.S. study
Baseload power - coal and nuclear power - "is not as necessary as it used to be" given advances in grid technology
EU mulls green finance labels to boost market, tackle 'greenwashing'
The move could help curb "greenwashing", whereby companies and other organisations claim to be "greener" than they really are
California lawmakers approve landmark extension to climate policy
California's cap-and-trade plan sets a state limit on emissions of greenhouse gases
Heat and drought feed wildfires in Italy, beaches near Rome threatened
With half the average rainfall last month and temperatures higher than normal, fields and forests have turned into perfect kindling
One of worst droughts in decades devastates South Europe crops
"This year was not bad, it was catastrophic"
Central California wildfire nearly 50 pct contained as hot, dry conditions persist
Forecasters warned that hot, dry conditions could persist, creating tinderbox conditions
Brazil proposes shrinking national forest after highway protests
Brazil's forests are coming under huge new pressure, following a year of surging deforestation
Flood-hit Indian state puts rescuers on "war footing"; toll to 83
More than 2 million people have been displaced
Family of four among 14 killed in floods in northern Vietnam
Almost 500 houses and more than 1,400 hectares of rice crops destroyed in nine provinces