EXPERT VIEWS -Into the unknown: UK social entrepreneurs brace for Brexit
After years of uncertainty, questions remain over funding cuts from Europe, skills shortages and trading across borders as the United Kingdom quits the bloc at midnight Brussels time
Senegal turns to eco-farming to protect food supply as climate changes
Transitioning to agroecology will involve planting trees on farms, diversifying crop production, using organic fertilisers and rotating crops to improve soil quality
EIB to borrow some 50 bln euros in 2020, invest one third in green projects
The EIB is key in leveraging EU funds to generate 1 trillion euros of investment over the next 10 years to finance the EU goal of becoming neutral in terms of CO2 emissions by 2050
Church of England pension fund shifts $789 mln to climate index
The move comes a month after Bank of England governor Mark Carney said the financial services sector had been too slow to cut investments in fossil fuels
Heatwave and high winds threaten to reignite Australian wildfires
As many prepare for the heightened danger, the New South Wales state government launched an inquiry to examine both the causes of and response to this season's deadly wildfires
Global airline group to launch carbon exchange platform to address climate change
International airlines are counting on a global carbon offsetting plan to cap CO2 emissions from air travel at 2020 levels
Austrian government to raise flight tax, start income tax cuts next year
The government also plans to overhaul car taxation to encourage the use of emissions-free vehicles such as electric cars, and reform a truck toll to make more polluting vehicles pay more
OPINION: To improve diets and tackle climate change, support SMEs in low-income countries
Investors and lenders currently see SMEs as too risky and too hard to finance but they are essential to transform eating habits
Indonesia plans to replace old coal power plants with renewable plants -minister
Indonesia, a major coal exporter, uses coal to power around 60% of its electricity needs but the government is aiming to double the contribution of renewables
Fed has a role in combating climate change risk, Powell says
U.S. regulators including the Fed have been wary of wading into a subject that is politically divisive - but that is starting to change