With schools shut by pandemic, solar radios keep Kenyan children learning
Solar-powered radios have been distributed to the poorest homes that lack electricity access, with lessons broadcast daily during the COVID-19 crisis - and perhaps beyond
Canada criticized for clean fuel rules that hit poorest households hardest
Concerns about the cost to households could increase push-back against a policy central to Canada's commitment to reduce carbon emissions 30% by 2030
In Chile's polluted 'sacrifice zones,' residents seek respite in new constitution
After decades of court battles and lobbying to curb pollution by mining and industry, campaigners see constitutional change as an opportunity to put environmental protection at the top of the national agenda
Norway supreme court verdict opens Arctic to more oil drilling
The verdict upheld rulings by two lower courts, rejecting arguments by Greenpeace and Nature and Youth group that a 2015-2016 oil licensing round breached the constitution
Taiwan may face fewer typhoons - but harsher drought - as planet warms
Atmospheric shifts appear to be driving typhoons north, sparing the island from storm damage, but that could leave rice farmers short of water
U.S. federal spending bill includes funding to combat climate change
The bill, which includes tax incentives for wind and solar, marks the first time in 13 years Congress has used energy policy to tackle global warming
Climate risks to health set to worsen inequity, harm children
From poor families in flood-prone homes to women required to cover up in extreme heat, climate change will hit the health of vulnerable groups the hardest, warns Kristie Ebi
Japan to mull bolder emissions target, carbon pricing scheme next year - vice minister
The environment and industry ministers will work on a plan next year to create a carbon pricing scheme as part of efforts to make Japan carbon-neutral by 2050
Rains give West African herders brief respite amid growing heat
This year's downpours have created the thickest vegetation in years, offering relief for Senegal's farmers and its 3 million-strong herding community after six years of drought
U.N. says Honduras' hurricane losses total $1.9 bln, far below government estimate
While the new estimate is $8 billion lower than an earlier government figure, a U.N. report says the impacts of two big storms in Honduras have been devastating