Some Afghan girls return to school, others face anxious wait
The new Taliban ministry of education gave a statement that gave no indication of when girls might be able to go back to their classes.
Biden asks world leaders to cut methane in climate fight
Biden urges other countries to join a pact agreed by the US and the EU to aim to reduce global methane emissions by at least 30% below 2020 levels by 2030
Countries' emissions pledges still fall short of global climate goals, UN says
A U.N. analysis says that under current pledges, global emissions would be 16% higher in 2030 in 2010 - far off what is needed to stave off disastrous climate change
Lukewarm: rich states set to fall short of $100 bln climate funding goal
Without financial support, developing nations say they cannot make the huge investments needed to cut emissions or bolster their defences against worsening storms, floods and rising seas
Biden convenes world leaders to discuss climate change ahead of Glasgow summit
Biden will hold a virtual meeting of the Major Economies Forum in a bid to make the U.N. COP26 climate conference in Glasgow a success
Coronavirus compounds climate disasters but shows action can work - Red Cross
An example of the additional burden COVID-19 has put on those responding to disasters was the need for social distancing during evacuations caused by storms
Glasgow climate summit at risk of failure, U.N. chief warns
The U.N. chief urges both China and the United States - the world's two biggest emitters of greenhouse gases - to do their part
Warming-hit nations get closer to creating U.N. climate rights envoy
As more countries are slammed by devastating floods, storms and wildfires, the push for an envoy to protect the climate-vulnerable is gaining backers
U.N. says world likely to miss climate targets despite COVID pause in emissions
New report says emissions reduction targets are not being met and there is a rising likelihood the world will miss the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warming to 1.5C
Facing stronger storms and drought, Haiti's farmers live on 'knife edge'
With very limited government subsidies, support or access to credit, Haiti's farmers must find ways to resist climate shocks as shifting rainfall patterns wreak havoc on harvests