Electric cars to triple market share in Europe amid COVID-19, researchers say
Electric vehicles made up 8% of car sales in Europe in the first half of 2020, putting them on track to triple their market share this year
Surge in natural disasters takes heavy human and economic toll - U.N.
Over two decades, some 7,348 major disasters were recorded, claiming 1.23 million lives, affecting 4.2 billion people and causing $2.97 trillion in economic losses
Vietnam flood death toll rises to 23 as storm Nangka to dump more rain
Most victims were washed away by the flood waters, with nearly 46,000 people evacuated from affected areas
OPINION: Choosing a sustainable way out of the pandemic’s economic chaos
With debt swaps governments and finance institutions can address the triple crises of debt, climate change and the destruction of nature
'Uninhabitable hell': Climate change and disease threaten millions, UN warns
As climate change-related disasters soar, a failure to act to prevent them is an act of 'wilful' negligence, the UN's disaster chief says
Pandemic spurs illegal gold rush in Zimbabwe mountains
Communities in the Chimanimani Mountains say miners are poisoning their water, digging up rivers and cutting into caves
Sweltering heat, power outages greet Louisiana evacuees returning from Hurricane Delta
Louisiana residents returning after fleeing Hurricane Delta face extreme heat, power cuts and roofs ripped from their homes
South Africa lays out conditions to seize land, says investors will be reassured
A draft law would allow land to be confiscated without payment in certain cases if it is unused, abandoned or poses a safety risk
Hurricane Delta leaves Louisianans reeling and out of power, as the clean-up begins
Delta toppled trees and power poles, leaving hundreds of thousands of Gulf Coast residents without power
Pull investments from companies not committed to environment, pope says
The pope listed three key areas for action: better education., sustainable agriculture and a transition away from fossil fuels