Bolder climate action could save millions of lives each year by 2040
Scientists say policies in line with meeting global climate goals would bring better diets, cleaner air and more exercise, improving health and cutting deaths
Move into government, U.N. official urges young climate activists
To boost lagging efforts to expand access to clean energy and deal with climate threats, young people need to begin taking up government roles, a top U.N. energy chief says
COVID-19 pandemic creates a headache for U.N. climate summit logistics
UN chief urges countries to prepare for the COP26 conference through online talks, but the preferred plan is still to hold the November summit in person
OPINION: Tackling fossil fuel use is our greatest public health challenge
A new study finds outdoor air pollution from burning fossil fuels is significantly more harmful to health than thought, linking it to over 8 million premature deaths in 2018
Fossil fuel pollution causes one in five premature deaths globally - study
Parts of China, India, Europe and northeastern U.S. are among the hardest-hit areas, suffering a disproportionately high share of 8.7 million annual deaths attributed to fossil fuels, says new study
Rising heat and snow-bare peaks chill Nepal's mountain economy
Hurting from COVID travel restrictions, tourist towns were relying on local visitors - but lack of snow related to climate change means few have come
Indigenous people 'under threat' from Asia clean energy push
Clean energy projects receive government incentives and less scrutiny, and few have policies to minimise human rights abuses
Scientists warn over misuse of climate models in financial markets
Researchers call for new forms of climate projection to support financial sector, backed by 'climate translators' to help regulators, investors and companies make better use of the science
Iberdrola seeks EU recovery funds for Spanish clean power projects
Spain aims to use renewable energy to create jobs and compensate for the dip in key tourism and hospitality industries resulting from the coronavirus
Elon Musk puts up $100 mln for global carbon reduction competition
Teams would have to create a solution to pull carbon dioxide from the atmosphere or oceans and lock it away in an environmentally benign way