New York lets neighborhood return to nature to guard against storms
"To say that extreme weather is not our new normal would just be incredibly short-sighted"
Fodder farming provides lifeline to drought-hit Kenyans
"It requires less work than maize, and brings more money"
Bike sharing helps Johannesburg township commuters beat the traffic
Johannesburg might not seem an obvious cycling city - but one entrepreneur is getting some of the city's poorest on wheels
Sturdier, safer, cheaper: India urged to build more roads with plastic waste
"Plastic roads will not only withstand future monsoon damage but will also solve the problem of disposing of non-recyclable plastic"
Indonesia warned about price of palm oil on environment
"Land use change from forest to cash crops such as oil palm and rubber plantations ... has a surface warming effect, adding to climate change"
Charcoal and forest loss in the Democratic Republic of Congo
The DRC’s charcoal trade is tradition, opportunity, destruction, violence
From Bhutan to Cambodia, early warning saves lives in floods
"With extreme weather events becoming more frequent and erratic, access to real-time, accurate information can help build resilience among vulnerable communities"
Frequency of excessive summertime heat seen rising across U.S.
At least 65,000 people end up in U.S. hospital emergency rooms each summer from heat-related illnesses, government data shows
Invest in forests and indigenous people to fight climate change - experts
"Forests hold so much potential in the effort to limit climate change"
Arctic sea ice may be declining faster than expected -study
The finding means the Arctic Ocean could be ice-free much sooner than some scientific predictions