Russia's far east aims for unexpected climate target: net zero by 2025
The Sakhalin region plans to move away from fossil fuels and pilot the first carbon market in an oil and gas-rich country widely seen as unambitious on climate action
With U.S. return to Paris Agreement, stars align for accelerated climate action
The United States re-enters the Paris Agreement on climate change on Friday, setting the stage for a boost in global efforts to meet the pact's goals to curb planetary heating
White House says Texas winter storm likely due to climate change
The extreme weather shows 'climate change is real and it's happening now, and we're not adequately prepared for it,' says White House official
Ivory Coast lost 47,000 hectares of forest to cocoa production in 2020, environmental group says
Ivory Coast has lost more than 85% of its forest cover since 1960, mainly due to cocoa farming
As Texas freezes, U.N. chief says 'complete ignorance' to reject climate change
Scientists widely agree that climate change is fueling wilder weather, but determining if it is behind a single event, like this week's extreme cold in Texas, is trickier
OPINION: No more excuses: investors throw climate spotlight on heavy industry
Investors are ramping up the pressure on industrial sectors like steel and cement to ensure they turn long-term targets into practical reality
OPINION: Everyone is needed in the new global push to protect nature
An ambitious international agreement to protect biodiversity is within reach - but if it is to succeed, business and civil society must play their part, alongside governments
World's tropical forests and people imperiled by legal rollbacks under COVID-19
Brazil, Indonesia, Colombia, Peru and DR Congo have weakened regulations to boost economic growth
FOCUS-Investors seed indoor farms as pandemic disrupts food supplies
Once considered an unconventional idea, now indoor farms are one of the solutions to pandemic-induced disruptions to the harvesting, shipping, and sale of food
U.N. chief backs new blueprint to end 'suicidal' war on nature
The report's recommendations include redirecting $5 trillion in annual subsidies for harmful sectors and looking beyond economic growth to value ecosystem conservation