WIDER IMAGE-'Our whole life depends on water': Climate change, pollution and dams threaten Iraq’s Marsh Arabs
Many Marsh Arabs, the wetlands' indigenous population, were displaced after Saddam Hussein drained the land. Now a cycle of water crises threatens their way of life
In Taiwan tea country, a scramble to adapt to extreme weather
Tea farmers are working on coping strategies for extreme weather, including hacking deep into the undergrowth to look for pools to pipe water to the fields
World must triple clean energy investment by 2030 to curb climate change -IEA
The IEA warns that renewables like solar, wind and hydropower along with bioenergy need to form a far bigger share in the rebound in energy investment after the pandemic
Afghan minister wants good relations, needs more time on girls' education
The Taliban have so far refused to give ground on allowing girls to return to high school, one of the key demands of the international community
It's down to world leaders to honour climate pledges, says UK COP26 chief
COP26, which begins on Oct. 31, aims to secure more ambitious action from the nearly 200 countries that signed the 2015 Paris Agreement to limit global warming
Climate action at COP26 could save millions of lives, WHO says
UN health agency report on climate change and health urges transformational action in every sector, saying public health benefits of ambitious climate action far outweighs the costs
U.N. panel says it can't rule on climate case brought by Greta Thunberg
The committee said the children should have taken the case to national courts first but upheld a "sufficient causal link" between the harm they alleged and the acts or omissions of five countries
UN declares access to a clean environment a human right
While not legally binding, the decision could help lawyers build arguments in cases involving climate change, the environment and human rights
We need more, EU and U.S. urge China ahead of climate summit
Ambitious action from China could pressure other countries to act, with India and Saudi Arabia among those that have yet to upgrade their emissions-cutting commitments
South Africa should not rush move away from coal, minister says
The minister points to China's own energy needs as an example of what could go wrong if a transition is attempted too quickly