Warming Arctic at the frontier of climate insight and risk, experts say
Climate change is warming the Arctic twice as fast as the overall planet, with implications for everyone from indigenous people to insurers
Climate change blamed for a third of U.S. flood losses in past 3 decades
Global warming caused $75 billion in flood damages, researchers say - and "the more global warming we get, the more we can expect these damages to increase"
In Senegal, lack of cold storage limits COVID vaccine options
Senegal could only keep vaccines developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, or by China or Russia in the long term, as they do not require a deep freeze
World Bank to invest $5 bln in 11 African countries
The cash will go to restoring damaged environments and improving livelihoods as countries recover from the COVID-19 pandemic
Africa's leap to clean energy seen needing policy change, investment
Study predicts that fossil fuels will still account for two thirds of the electricity generated on the continent by 2030
Donors pledge $14 bln for 'Green Wall' to hold back Sahara
Trees and grasslands will be planted along a 8,000km strip of land stretching from the Atlantic to the Red Sea
Drive for goal to protect 30% of planet by 2030 grows to 50 nations
Human wellbeing depends on preventing the collapse of the natural systems that provide food, clean water, clean air and a stable climate, countries say
IEA warns of post-pandemic emissions rebound
As economic damage from the COVID-19 crisis wanes "the early data ... confirm our worry that global emissions in 2021 are set to rebound", says International Energy Agency head
Wielding machetes and calipers, sweat-soaked scientists count carbon in Amazon
Hacking their way into the rainforest, researchers to learn more about how much carbon different plants and areas can store
UK pledges $4 bln to nature and biodiversity protection
The money will come from an existing commitment of 11.6 billion pounds for international climate finance in the coming five years