U.S. Fed should require banks to hold more cash for climate risks -think tank
Blueprint comes amid looming debate about how much bank regulators should do to police climate change
Drained by COVID fight, some French ICU nurses strike for better pay
Union says the pandemic highlights the need to invest in health care and reward the skills of ICU nurses
French Senate seeks to weaken constitutional pledge on climate change
Right-wing lawmakers expressed concerns that a state guarantee might become an obstacle to innovation and French businesses
French stunt school's 'badass' women snapped up by film industry
Rising numbers of women are training at Europe's stunt school as demand for female superheroes grows
Lawyer who sued Chevron over Ecuador pollution faces N.Y. contempt trial
Steven Donziger faces trial over refusal to hand over phone and devices in long-running battle with fossil fuel giant
EU parliament committee rubber-stamps climate change law
The committee gave the green light to the law including its 55% emissions-cutting target for 2030
Pandemic's hard realities worsen Venezuelan child labor crisis
The child labor problem has been fueled by a mass migration of more than 5 million Venezuelans that turned many children into breadwinners for their families
Ivory Coast police rescue 68 children working on cocoa farms
Despite years of efforts to end child labour Ivory Coast still has close to 1 million children working in the cocoa sector
Asian Development Bank to end coal, upstream oil and gas financing - draft statement
The multilateral development bank, which focuses on eradicating poverty in Asia, provided no timeline for its commitment
David Attenborough named COP26 People's Advocate ahead of key climate summit
Wildlife broadcaster Attenborough, 95, will exhort leaders at events over the next six months to put climate and protection of nature at the top of their agenda