U.S. Treasury climate official seeks insurance changes for extreme weather
The Federal Insurance Office will come up with recommendations for better pricing the risks that climate change posed to insured properties and activities
Wildfire raging in Spain forces more than 900 to flee, a firefighter dies
More than 300 firefighters are working to extinguish the fire, which has yet to be brought under control
'Feeling free': women criminalized by Mexico's abortion bans celebrate ruling
'Overjoyed' women speak out after court rules that abortion is not a crime
Green-minded Glasgow seeks to heat chilly homes from its river and air
The former industrial hub, home of this year's COP26 climate talks, is finding ways to make its homes climate-smart, comfortable and cheaper to heat
Russia's Yakutia province governor warns of more deadly wildfires next year
Far-north region which includes the coldest permanently inhabited place on earth is grappling with growing fire risk fuelled by hot and dry weather
Hurricane Ida power failures prompt calls for more solar energy, tougher grids
New Orleans residents and others are eyeing renewable energy as a way to shore up power supplies against increasingly extreme weather fueled by climate change
Conservation body calls for global moratorium on deep-sea mining
Scientists and conservationists say too little is known about the impact of deep-sea mining and that minerals mined on land should be reused and recycled effectively before turning to the ocean floor
Mexican abortion ban punished poor women, top justice says
Mexico's top court has ruled that women can no longer be prosecuted for seeking abortions
Young Afghan women defiant as Taliban bring back moral police
During the Taliban’s previous rule, women and girls faced violence for breaking moral code
UK climate summit chief says had constructive discussions with China
The COP26 summit in Glasgow is seen as a critical chance to win more ambitious country-by-country commitments on achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050