Conserve or develop? Protecting floodplains could cut flood costs - researchers
Buying flood-prone U.S. land and protecting it from development would be far cheaper than paying later for flood damage to homes, say researchers
Land rights for indigenous people in India wins global prize
'Land is essential to their identity, their tradition and their livelihoods'
FACTBOX-Ten ways to have a greener Christmas celebration
From jumpers to trees: how to cut emissions and waste at Christmas
Tech, climate change creating new inequalities, U.N. says
These forms of inequality are rising as progress has been made in more traditional measures of inequality such as extreme poverty and disease
Film star Helen Mirren decries 'disturbing' global rise in homelessness
'The problem is becoming much too big,' award-winning British actor Helen Mirren said
Marshall Islands kicks off twitter campaign urging 2020 climate ambition
#MAD4survival campaign aims to spur countries into more ambitious action on still-rising climate-changing emissions
Union leaders harassed in Brazil's textile factories - report
The research found widespread sexual harassment, as well as bullying and poor working conditions in local factories
Runaway warming could sink fishing and reef tourism, researchers warn
Reef tourism, a nearly $36-billion-a-year industry today, could see more than 90% losses by 2100, ocean experts warn
With climate discontent rising, scientists warn of social 'tipping point'
Climate change "is really an issue that is very closely related to the wellbeing of societies ... and you can understand that it is very likely to create social unrest," says UN climate chief
Azerbaijan plants 650,000 trees to celebrate poet - but green activists grumble
Countries from India to Malawi have launched large-scale tree-planting efforts, but scientists have warned that such initiatives are not a panacea against global warming