Merkel urges dialogue between skeptics and believers to tackle climate change
"Time is pressing, so we - the older ones, I am 65 years old - must make sure that we take the impatience of young people positively and constructively," Merkel said
Zimbabwe says grain stocks running out after drought
More than half the country's population faces food shortages after maize harvests halved last year
Greenpeace loses Norway Arctic oil lawsuit appeal
The lawsuit is seen as part of an emerging branch of law worldwide where plaintiffs seek to use a nation's founding principles to make the case for curbing climate-heating emissions
Indigenous Australians say traditional land burning could help counter bushfires
Indigenous Australians say their traditional land burning methods could help contain out-of-control blazes that have led to the worst wildfire season on record
Britain must change how land is used to meet climate goal - advisers
Britain last year became the first G7 nation to set a net-zero emissions target, and is developing its own farm policy for the first time in decades ahead of its exit from the European Union
Burned by wildfire losses, insurance industry rethinks risks
Maintaining coverage as wildfires grow fiercer and more frequent will require lowering risks and finding new ways to fund policies for the most vulnerable, insurers say
Trump laments missing Davos star Greta's speech
Trump said he thought Thunberg should shift her attention away from the United States to focus on other, more polluted countries
UK's Prince Charles says climate change is humanity's greatest threat
'Global warming, climate change, the devastating loss of biodiversity are the greatest threats that humanity has ever faced and one largely of our own creation'
Whatever the weather: Southern Africa tries new hunger fixes
The WFP says a "silent catastrophe" is playing out in southern Africa where a record 45 million people face growing levels of hunger
The Dutch businessman on a mission to unite companies over climate change
"If you can bring about 25% of the industry together across the value chain, you can create tipping points, and that accelerates things," says Paul Polman