INTERVIEW-Green Climate Fund must take risks in warming fight, says new head
The Green Climate Fund (GCF), set up by U.N. climate talks in 2010, began approving projects in 2015 to help poorer nations develop cleanly and cope with wilder weather and rising seas
A "Climate Spring": UK protests embolden global climate movement
Heatwaves, wildfires, and warnings from climate scientists have spurred thousands of first-time activists to join protests and risk arrest to try to persuade governments to curb the use of fossil fuels
Cyclone slams into Indian temple town, Bangladesh braces with evacuation order
Bangladesh, which lies further up the path of Tropical Cyclone Fani, has ordered the evacuation of 2.1 million people before the storm arrives on Saturday
World Bank scales up support for Cyclone Idai hit nations to $700 million
More than 1,000 people were killed across Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi after Cyclone Idai, the worst cyclone in decades, lashed the eastern Indian Ocean coast
North Korea cuts rations to record low after bad harvest, UN says
More than 10 mln people in North Korea suffer from severe food insecurity, meaning they do not have enough food till the next harvest
Cyclone Fani hits Indian coast, a million people evacuated
Technological advances have helped meteorologists predict weather patterns well ahead of time, and authorities have become far better at preparing for ferocious storms and reducing casualties
From beans to gooseberry, rice-mad Myanmar eyes healthier diet
Myanmar has embarked on a five-year nutrition plan to alter the nation's eating habits, which includes the need to diversify the nation's agriculture
Nearly 500 U.S. churches face climate-linked flooding threat, scientists say
Louisiana, North Carolina and Florida - all coastal states - have the highest number of places of worship at risk, report says
Brazil led world in rainforest losses in 2018 despite decline from 2017 -research group
Brazil lost 13,471 square kilometers (5,201 square miles) of rainforest in 2018, an area nearly the size of the U.S. state of Connecticut
Central American farmers suffer major crop losses, need food aid - U.N.
Farmers in the 'Dry Corridor' lost more than half of their maize and beans in 2018 to climate-linked drought or unusually heavy rain