INTERVIEW-With detailed mapping, climate and development not mutually exclusive
"It doesn't have to be humans versus nature, it can be humans and nature" - ecologist Greg Asner
Rise in global warming triggered by Pacific 'flip' - UK Met Office
The Met Office said the rate of global warming slowed between 1999 and 2014, but has now picked up due to a "flip" in the Pacific weather pattern
UN gathering on Hurricane Irma brings "loss and damage" to world stage
Hurricane Irma has brought what climate change looks like into sharp relief and showed the world to be unprepared for a coming crisis
Hurricane Maria gains strength, bears down on Caribbean islands
Hurricane warnings are in place for Dominica, St. Kitts, Nevis and Montserrat, St. Lucia, Guadeloupe and Martinique.
Bangladesh sets aside rift with Myanmar to ease rice shortage
Normally the world's fourth biggest rice producer, Bangladesh has become a major importer this year after floods hit its crops.
Stronger forest protection key to Amazon replanting push - experts
Effort to plant millions of new trees is welcome - but continuing losses of forest also need to be stemmed, environmental experts say
Why conflict prevention must take centre stage at UN
World leaders cannot meaningfully address natural disasters and climate change without first cultivating peace
Late summer rains, private food supplies limit impact of N.Korea drought
The rise of privately produced food sold in North Korean markets has slowly overtaken state-run Public Distribution System as the primary distributor of food
Hurricane Maria seen strengthening into major hurricane in next two days
Storm Maria likely to reach hurricane strength, threatening a string of Caribbean islands less than two weeks after Irma hammered the region
Clean cooking push suffers from "shocking" lack of funding
Without clean fuels and technologies for cooking, millions of women and children will continue to die from indoor pollution every year, warns report