"Like mosquitoes": Extinction Rebellion plans surprises for City of London
"The economic system is acting like a cancer on humanity," says movement's co-founder Gail Bradbrook
Australia's "black summer" provides glimmer of hope for climate policy action
Independent politician Zali Steggall this week unveiled proposed legislation to target zero carbon emissions by 2050
Britain faces tough diplomatic test in leading global climate action
Despite efforts to push action at home, a U.S. election days before the U.N. climate talks in November may complicate global efforts, experts say
Total CEO says governments not oil firms must drive carbon curbs
Pouyanne said Total will choose at some point whether to abandon oil and gas, but for now fossil fuel profits remain the engine of its growth in renewable and low-carbon energy
Malaysian palm giant bars supplier, identifies risky ones amid deforestation worries
Company officials say this is the first such action taken since the launch of an online tool last May which allows anyone to trace the sources of its palm oil and raise complaints if necessary
Rains forecast to douse Australia wildfires, raising hopes crisis nearly over
The downpour has already doused two of the biggest and longest running blazes and New South Wales officials are hopeful that more rain forecast for this week will extinguish the remaining 24 fires
U.N. targets small farm businesses to help poorest producers
Despite producing half of the world's food calories, most small-scale food producers cannot access loans, while hunger and poverty are increasingly concentrated where they live and work
Global power-related CO2 emissions flatten after 2-year rise-IEA
EU emissions fell by 160 million tonnes or 5% last year from a year earlier due to more use of natural gas and wind power in electricity generation
In fire-hit rural Australia, climate debate burns deep
In Buchan, a farming town in Victoria state, most locals say they believe the catastrophic fires have nothing to do with global warming
Have no fear, Indonesia's Spider-Man will clean up your trash
Indonesia, an archipelago of more than 17,000 islands, is estimated to be the world's second-largest producer of plastic pollutants in the oceans after China