Swedish climate activist Thunberg asks U.S. Congress for action, not praise
'Don't invite us here to tell us how inspiring we are without doing anything about it,' says teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg
Hundreds killed in Brazil's Amazon over land, resources in past decade - HRW report
Campaigners say there is a high level of impunity with few cases brought to court
INTERVIEW-Fund smarter to switch on lights for the poor - UN envoy
Rachel Kyte, the U.N. secretary-general's special representative for sustainable energy for all, says finance is not being directed as needed to reach the 840 mln people still living without electricity
Teen climate activist to urge climate action on Capitol Hill
Two days of meetings and speeches on Capitol Hill are intended to drum up support ahead of a global 'climate strike' on Friday
Vegetarian diets not always the most climate-friendly, researchers say
Raising dairy cows for milk, butter and cheese requires large amounts of energy, land and chemical inputs, emitting greenhouse gases
Posh pollution - the exclusive London neighbourhoods with toxic air
London residents can look up their address on a new website, addresspollution.org, to see whether the air at their home breaches annual legal limits
Cities to step up at U.N. to push climate fight, sustainable development
Sixteen cities will next week pledge to implement global goals to tackle poverty, inequality, climate change and other challenges by 2030
UK police charge climate activist over Heathrow protest
'Heathrow Pause' activists had hoped to bring the airport to a standstill on Friday by flying drones but struggled to get them off the ground due to signal jamming
Indonesia shuts schools as smoke from forest fires takes health toll
Air pollution has hit "dangerous" or "unhealthy" levels as thick smog from fires drifts across cities in Borneo and Sumatra
Armed with tech tools, Colombian cities combat mosquito-borne diseases
The technology company hopes the initiative, which has destroyed about 70,000 mosquito breeding sites, will be expanded to other cities in Colombia and across the continent