More parents trade girls for cows as war and climate change hit east Africa
Parents can now receive up to 300 cows in bride price, up from about 30 cows during peacetime
Near-record tree cover losses in 2017 strip area as big as Italy
Norway's environment minister says pace of forest losses is "catastrophic" and threatens efforts to slow global warming
Jeff Hebert on the importance of living with water in an era of urbanisation and climate change
Jeff Hebert on the importance of living with water in an era of urbanisation and climate change.
Fires to clear land lead to near-record loss of tree cover in 2017, study shows
Tropical forests were lost at a rate equivalent to 40 football fields per minute in 2017, says World Resources Institute
Legal fight over Bali coal power plant illuminates Indonesia energy dilemma
Like other Asian nations, Indonesia faces the challenge of boosting electricity access while meeting its pledge to cut climate-changing emissions under the Paris Agreement
U.S. court dismisses climate change lawsuits against oil companies
Judge says the dangers raised are real and worldwide, but the problem "deserves a solution on a more vast scale"
FACTBOX-U.S. cities suing oil producers alleging climate impacts
Lawsuits are underway in the California, New York and Washington state
INTERVIEW-Once a climate leader, Germany risks being "left behind" - Al Gore
"One can't rest on one's laurels"
Palm oil ban likely to displace, not halt, biodiversity losses -study
Palm oil has been at the heart of heated debate in recent years, notably in the EU where the Parliament has suggested banning its use in transport fuels altogether
Court lets trees live to fight another day in India's polluted capital
"Can Delhi afford cutting down of so many trees for a housing complex?"