OPINION: African women are leading community responses to COVID-19 crisis
From providing meals to hygiene promotion and mask-making, grassroots groups working on climate, conflict and other issues are crafting local responses to the pandemic
Vietnam says recent typhoons caused 192 deaths, $1.3 bln damages
Nine typhoons have wiped out crops and damaged the homes of hundreds of thousands people
New Zealand declares climate emergency, promises carbon neutral govt by 2025
To make the public sector carbon-neutral by 2025, government agencies will have to measure and report their emissions and offset any they cannot cut
'We know what needs to be done': Young 'Mock COP' delegates deliver climate vision
With UN climate talks delayed a year, young activists push a new human right to a healthy environment - and other shifts
Colombia's Cartagena seeks to clean up corruption blocking climate plans
City mayor says projects to protect poor residents from worsening floods and storms were not implemented under previous administrations, and vows to change that
Shell faces Dutch court as climate change activists demand end to emissions
The oil giant is accused of knowingly undermining international climate goals through its continued investment in fossil fuels
Biden plan to end U.S. fossil fuel subsidies faces big challenges
Plan for sweeping measures against climate change will require legislation - but divided lawmakers make refuse to play ball
Biden shortlist for White House key environmental post shows focus on environmental justice
Candidates for head of Council on Environmental Quality signal likely prioritization of environmental policies to ensure cleaner air and water for poor and minority communities
Communities in oil-rich Niger Delta pin hopes on Shell climate case
Green groups are taking the oil giant to court in a bid to force it to cut emissions, with locals in Nigeria seeking an end to gas flaring
Rising flood risk seen threatening scant supply of low-cost U.S. homes
About 25,000 homes located in coastal communities could flood at least once a year by 2050, according to researchers