China to promise 'more' in new climate pledges -govt advisor
China is finishing a new "five-year plan" that will determine how ambitiously it will proceed with its near-term decarbonisation plans
Privacy concerns as India pushes digital health plan, ID
Digitisation of medical records and a Health ID for every Indian citizen raise privacy and surveillance concerns
California firefighters race to subdue flames before heat and winds return
Wildfires have scorched some 3.4 million acres since August
Australia to invest $13 bln in energy technology to cut emissions
The technology investment roadmap is the latest attempt by Australia to come up with a climate and energy policy
Fierce, frequent, climate-fueled wildfires may decimate forests worldwide
Wildfires are not new, but as they occur more often and on a bigger scale, landscapes may not be able to recover as they once did
Wood, metal, paper and fabric can help cut climate-harming plastics
Without action, climate-changing emissions from plastics are expected to increase threefold by 2050, researchers warn
Demand climate regulation, Harvard economist urges big businesses
"Without appropriate government policy, we are not going to get to zero," she says at launch of Climate Week in New York
Arctic sea ice suffers 'devastating' loss, shrinks to second lowest on record
This summer marks only the second time the ice has shrunk to below 4 million sq km in 40 years of record-keeping, as the region warms fast
Choking on smoke: U.S. cities open clean air shelters for homeless
Wildfires raging across the West Coast have pushed air pollution to record levels, compounding the COVID public health crisis
Military-style Marshall Plan needed to combat climate change, says Prince Charles
British royal says climate change is rapidly becoming a "comprehensive catastrophe" that will dwarf the impact of the coronavirus pandemic