From teen pregnancy to HIV, Malawi's youth radio shows tackle taboos
Radio programmes made for and by young people are helping to address sensitive social issues like teen pregnancy, abuse and child marriage
Extreme weather renews focus on climate change as scientists update forecasts
Scientists have long predicted the weather disasters now unfolding - but many are surprised by so many happening so fast, with a new UN report due to shed light on the changes
G20 fails to agree on climate goals in communique
Italy says China and India declined to sign two contested points on an end to coal power and language around limiting warming to 1.5C
Flood-hit German homes face higher premiums as climate risks grow
Consumer associations and adaptation specialists are exploring ways to share disaster costs more fairly across society
South African women risk assault to reach work as taxi violence surges
Getting to and from work has become risky for women in a country where a sexual offence is committed every 10 minutes
New warning system to sound alarm on rainforest 'tipping points'
Rainforests are far more vulnerable than predicted in the past, researchers find, warning areas that are disturbed or fragmented lack resilience to climate warming and drought
Push to 'keep 1.5 alive' heats up, 100 days from COP26 climate talks
As climate change impacts get more severe, the urgency of keeping global warming to 1.5C is growing - and the race is on to secure the stronger pledges needed to cut emissions
From China to Germany, floods expose climate vulnerability
Deadly floods in China and Germany have highlighted the vulnerability of heavily populated areas to catastrophic flooding and other natural disasters
Bangladesh rice farmers invent new varieties to withstand salt, storms
Let down by seeds they get from the government, rice farmers in disaster-prone Shyamnagar are cross-breeding modern and near-extinct ancestral varieties
Floods wreck towns, but Europe's wind power goals tangled in red tape
As Europe races to meet it's climate goals, campaigners argue new wind power developments are being slowed down by red tape