Fiji braces as category five Cyclone Yasa bares down
Fiji's National Disaster Management Office says about 600,000 people live in the cyclone's projected path
Biden team close to announcing picks for core climate and energy jobs
The new appointees will be tasked with the president-elect's goal of moving the United States to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050
Fed joins global club of peers in climate change fight
Move suggests the U.S. Federal Reserve may become more proactive on regulations aiming to mitigate climate damage
Drip irrigation emerges to solve rice paddy problem
Rice cultivation uses 30-40% of world's freshwater and is responsible for 10% of planet-warming methane emissions - but more targeted irrigation could reduce those impacts
Macron offers referendum on adding climate goal to constitution
French president told the Citizens' Climate Council he is willing to include mention of biodiversity, the environment and tackling climate change in the Constitution
After fires, Australia gets ready for floods
Intense rain threatens floods in a heavily populated section of the east coast which only days ago faced wildfires
Pope commits Vatican to net zero carbon emissions by 2050
Pope Francis committed the Vatican to 2050 deadline and pledged to improve environmental management in the world's smallest state
Apple CEO calls for stricter corporate, government climate goals at U.N. summit
"We call on companies and governments around the world to do all we can to make 2021 the year we turn the corner for good,"said Tim Cook
French blue-chips back climate risk disclosure code
All 40 companies on the benchmark index endorsed the code which aimed at informing investors of climate-related financial risk
Police arrest three people after 21 migrants found in Spanish sweat shop
The migrants were kept hidden behind large bundles of clothes at a factory which sold clothes to African countries