Britain's National Health Service targets net zero emissions by 2040
Plan includes building 40 new "net zero" hospitals, reducing emissions from suppliers, road-testing first zero-emissions ambulance by 2022 and using more efficient lighting
Bad apples: Extreme weather and COVID blight Kashmir's crops
Growers and sellers struggle to make a living after the coronavirus lockdown hampered farming, with a drought on the heels of a rainy spring also damaging harvests
Energy security and economic fears drive China's return to coal
China is building new coal plants despite poor economic returns, amid fears that plans for a coal-intensive recovery could undermine green pledges
Families left in limbo as Uganda oil project earmarks land
Farmers say the long-delayed project has put limits on how they can use their land
OPINION: Facing twin climate and conflict shocks, governments step up
A more integrated approach to both problems is needed, they say, as is a UN Commissioner on Climate and Security
Cambridge university's endowment fund targets net zero emissions by 2038
University says it will divest any remaining holdings in fossil fuel companies by 2030 to support its climate goal
COVID-19 controls turn Asia into global surveillance hotspot, analysts say
Region seen at risk of serious privacy breaches as measures rolled out to contain the coronavirus become permanent in some nations
Northern California wildfire death toll rises to 4 as crews scramble to beat winds
A red-flag warning for heightened wildfire risks was set to be reinstated for areas north of San Francisco Bay, including wine-growing regions of Napa and Sonoma counties
'It burned everything': Fires surge on indigenous land in Brazil
Fires are growing not just in the Amazon but in other indigenous territories as well, a new report says
Amazon losses help drive growing wildfires elsewhere in Brazil
As destruction of the Amazon continues, it threatens to cut off the "flying rivers" of water vapour that bring reliable rain further south