World should shut nearly 3,000 coal plants to keep on climate track -study
The need to close nearly 1,000 gigawatts of coal-fired capacity would put the onus on China to accelerate its shift towards cleaner electricity
Wildfires, logging turn protected forests into carbon emitters -report
Over centuries forests have stored some 13 billion tons of carbon but with increasing wildfires and logging, many of the world's protected forests are emitting more carbon than they can absorb
Climate change to displace tens of millions of East Africans by 2050 -World Bank
Rich nations promised to deliver $100 billion a year to poorer countries to help tackle impact of global warming, but funding will be delayed further COP26 president admitted
More victims complain of sexual abuse in Congo scandal - WHO expert
Some 83 aid workers, a quarter employed by the WHO, were involved in sexual coercion and abuse during DRC's 10th Ebola epidemic
EXPLAINER-Sticking points at the U.N. climate conference
From steeper emissions cuts to more finance for developing nations and agreeing rules for global carbon markets, the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow have a packed agenda
FACTBOX-Which countries and blocs are major players at the Glasgow climate summit?
Here is a look at some of the main stakeholders in the U.N. climate conference (COP26) starting in Glasgow on Oct. 31
China issues plan to hit carbon emission peak before 2030
The document comes days before the U.N.'s COP26 climate talks get under way in Glasgow, with China is set to announce its updated climate action plan before the meeting begins
U.N. warns world set for 2.7C rise on today's emissions pledges
Ahead of the key COP26 climate summit, the latest data makes clear the world is not on track to stay within globally agreed warming limits
WIDER IMAGE-Capitulation? Spain's land buyout plan in shrinking Ebro Delta irks locals
With rising seas threatening to engulf low-lying shores, Spain aims to buy 832 hectares of private land in the Ebro Delta in Europe's largest ever climate-related land buyout
Australia adopts target of net zero emissions by 2050 but won't legislate goal
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Australia, one of the world's largest emitters of greenhouse gases on a per capita basis, will achieve the target largely through technology development