BlackRock CEO calls for stronger climate finance plan at G20 meet
Investment boss warns that current efforts to press firms to go green risk being 'nothing more than window dressing' unless they are backed with stronger efforts to unlock climate finance
US town eyes tourism liftoff after Branson's Virgin Galactic launch
Truth or Consequences has seen visitor numbers dry up with its drought. Now it hopes for a lifeline from the space tourism industry
G20 recognizes carbon pricing as climate change tool for first time
Efforts to acknowledge carbon prices as a way to tackle global warming were previously rebuffed by the U.S. Trump administration
After hottest June ever, U.S. braces for new heatwave in West
The National Weather Service warned of 'dangerously hot conditions', with temperatures set to top 100 degrees F (40 degrees C) in multiple states
Finland on course for record hot summer as heatwave stifles Nordic region
A northern Finnish weather station recorded 33.5 degrees Celsius, the second highest ever in Lapland
G20 finance ministers under pressure to deliver climate funding for poor
G20 meeting in Italy is seen as an opportunity for rich nations to step up climate finance for vulnerable countries struggling with economic woes from weather disasters and COVID-19
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest rises for fourth straight month
Forest clearances in Brazil's portion of the Amazon increased 1.8% in June compared to a year ago
OPINION: COVID-19 imperils rural areas but, with help, farmers can recover
Governments must refocus their energies on rural communities. Deploying broadband technologies is a cost-effective way to reduce the digital divide and inequality
Australia govt to appeal court ruling on climate change duty of care
The court has earlier ruled in favour of eight teenagers who argued in a lawsuit that the expansion of a coal project would contribute to climate change and endanger their future
ECB to flex its financial muscle in climate change fight
The ECB will take greater account of climate change in its core policy decisions