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
OPINION: UK Online Safety Bill risks emboldening digital authoritarians around the world
The UK’s Online Safety Bill could be used to justify other repressive internet regulations, already on the rise
LGBT+ conversion therapy thrives even as bans gather pace
From injections to electric shocks, prayer to rape, attempts to change the sexual orientation and gender identity of LGBT+ people persist in every region of the world.
UK climate envoy to visit South Africa to discuss helping shift from coal
South African environment ministry spokesman says discussions would focus on cooperation for a 'just transition' from coal to renewable energy
Feared and forgotten, Congo's Ebola orphans work to survive
Hundreds of children orphaned by Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been driven to work amid trauma, discrimination and fear around the disease
Data project backed by Al Gore aims for real-time emissions monitoring
Drawing on satellite data, Climate TRACE aims to show previously unrecorded greenhouse gas emissions and its precise sources
Pollution to products? Recycled carbon emissions are coming to consumer shelves
Around the world, technological innovations to capture, store, reuse or replace carbon pollution are on the rise
Cuba publishes draft family code that opens door to gay marriage
Cuba, which sent gays to correctional labor camps in the early years after its 1959 leftist revolution, has made considerable advances in LGBT rights in the 2000s and 2010s
Hungary equates LGBT promotion in films with horror in viewing age ratings
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban says the law is aimed at the protection of children, while EU leaders say the reforms discriminate against gay and transgender people and go against EU values.
OPINION: The coup in Guinea creates more economic hardship for its people
Citizens are continually robbed of their legitimate right to change leaderships that do not address their socio-economic needs.