Local governments keep U.S. on track for climate targets Trump rejected - report
The United States is the only country to reject the Paris agreement to curb global warming
'Monster' Hurricane Florence to pummel U.S. Southeast for days
Landfall in Carolinas forecast for Friday
Philanthropies pledge $450 million to save forests, climate
"While the world heats up, many of our governments have been slow - slow to act. And so we in philanthropy must step up"
U.N. chief turns up heat on governments to cool climate change
"If we do not change course by 2020, we risk missing the point where we can avoid runaway climate change"
World's local governments rally in California to fight climate change
The gathering reflects a desire to bypass the slow progress of national governments in implementing Paris agreement goals
Ten things to know about world hunger
Globally 821 million people, or one in nine, do not have enough food to eat
People flee U.S. coast as Hurricane Florence nears Carolinas
More than 1.5 million people were ordered to evacuate their homes along the U.S. southeast coast
Poland must speed up fight against smog - report
Cities in Poland, especially in the south, sometimes have denser smog than New Delhi or Beijing
Water shortages to cut Iraq's irrigated wheat area by half
Drought, water shortages have reduced Nineveh, Iraq's former breadbasket, to a dust bowl
More than 1.5 million ordered to evacuate as Hurricane Florence threatens Carolinas
Authorities warn of life-threatening coastal storm surges and the potential for Florence to unleash prolonged torrential rains and widespread flooding