Tanzanian city gets new sewage scheme to curb disease, ocean pollution
Wastewater treatment plants, to be built in a $600-million project backed by the World Bank and other donors, are intended to improve human and marine health
The Rapa Nui have shown us that conservation can protect their ocean – and their culture
Rapa Nui have written a new chapter in their history based upon their cultural values of guardianship, responsibility and accountability for the natural environment
Powerful hurricanes to fuel demands from island nations at climate talks
"Hurricane Irma graphically shows the destructive power of climate change and underscores that loss and damage isn't some abstract concept, but the reality of life today"
Weakening but still potent Irma aims full force at Florida's Gulf Coast
"Just left the island and said goodbye to everything I own"
'She can barely walk': Florida's elderly complicate hurricane response
Florida has among the highest concentrations of senior citizens in the nation
Winds whip Florida Keys as Hurricane Irma turns sights northward
"You can't play chicken with this thing or try to outrun the storm"
Havana braced for floods after Hurricane Irma rakes Cuban keys
"This is a beautiful town but now it is a disaster"
Hurricane Jose moves away from Leeward Islands, fears recede
Jose is due to weaken gradually as it heads northwest into Atlantic waters away from land, and should eventually peter out toward mid-week
Immigrants in Central Florida nervous about seeking shelter
"There's an internal storm, there's an external storm, and there's a political storm, and they're all targeting this community"
Dissipating storm Katia kills two in mudslide in eastern Mexico
Veracruz state officials said the storm could cause landslides and flooding, and urged people living below hills and slopes to be prepared to evacuate