Drip irrigation emerges to solve rice paddy problem
Rice cultivation uses 30-40% of world's freshwater and is responsible for 10% of planet-warming methane emissions - but more targeted irrigation could reduce those impacts
Code red: UN calls for urgent shift to planet-friendly development
As climate change, biodiversity loss and COVID-19 collide, global report argues humans must start paying back their debt to nature
New Zealand PM Ardern defends climate change goals after Thunberg scoffs at emergency declaration
Ardern said her country's recent climate emergency declaration did not cover all its action plans, but welcomed Greta Thunberg's contribution to the debate
Exxon Mobil, under pressure on climate, aims to cut emissions intensity by 2025
By 2025, the oil major says it will reduce the intensity of its oilfield greenhouse gas emissions by 15-20% from 2016 levels, but did not set an overall emissions reduction target
Macron offers referendum on adding climate goal to constitution
French president told the Citizens' Climate Council he is willing to include mention of biodiversity, the environment and tackling climate change in the Constitution
Pandemic nudging firms to address climate change, says Norway wealth fund
A high-ranking official at Norway's sovereign wealth fund said that the pandemic has perhaps strengthened sustainability work, though did not spell out why
Generation COVID: In 2020, WhatsApp was a lifeline for schoolwork - and solidarity
'2020 has forced us to innovate, collaborate and discover resilience we didn't know we had'
Europe's banks have a way to go on sustainability - BlackRock study
The sector is lagging on the expectations of regulators and stakeholders, says report carried out for the European Union
Queues form outside Milan food banks as crisis bites ahead of Christmas
Workers and families suffer as Italy's stagnant economy reels from lockdowns aimed at halting the spread of COVID-19
OPINION: A 70th birthday wish from the UN refugee agency: ‘make us redundant’
On UNHCR’s 70th anniversary, my challenge to the international community is this: put me out of a job. Make it your goal to build a world in which there is truly no need for a UN refugee agency because nobody is compelled to flee.