OPINION: We can't solve climate change while our supply chains are 'carbon blind'
As societies we are ‘carbon blind’ to our supply chains, despite them accounting for more than 80% of annual greenhouse gas emissions
U.N. warns drought may be 'the next pandemic'
Drought has hit more than 1.5 billion people since 1998 and the numbers are set to “grow dramatically,” says UN special representative
U.N. climate chief urges unity as scarce vaccines, finance cloud COP26 outlook
As mid-year online climate talks end, officials admit there is still much work for November's COP26 summit to succeed amid concerns about COVID-19 vaccinations for delegates
U.S. ends Cambodia aid programme over deforestation, arrests
The United States says high rates of illegal logging have continued and accused Cambodia of silencing local communities
Dirty money: What is the environmental cost of bitcoin?
Many are growing more critical of bitcoin mining - a process that uses vast amounts of energy from fossil fuels. So just how dirty is the virtual currency, and can it clean up its act?
Firing arrows, indigenous people in Brazil protest bill curtailing land rights
Indigenous groups say proposed legislation backed by country's farm sector violates constitutional guarantees to ancestral lands
EU eyes tighter rules for 'renewable' biomass energy - draft
The aim is to protect delicate ecosystems like old growth forests and stop wood fit for other purposes from ending up as pellets or chips burned to produce biomass energy
Britain 'not prepared' for climate threats, from heat to food shortages
Even as the leaders ramp up efforts to achieve the UK's net-zero emissions goal, they are falling further behind on plans to adapt to coming threats, analysts say
Endangered lungs: Forest fire smoke threatens COVID-recovering Amazon communities
As Brazil’s Amazon fire season approaches, residents and doctors fear smoke could drive a health emergency among people with breathing ability damaged by COVID-19
OPINION: If 'totemic' climate finance pledge is missed, developing nations should skip COP26
The UK official running the UN summit says rich nations must fulfill an unmet promise to provide $100 billion a year if they are to retain their credibility in negotiations