Nature boost for Berlin as Amazon funds city climate protection
The global online retailer is backing a European project to green urban spaces in a bid to protect residents from climate risks and increase biodiversity
Closed bathrooms afflict U.S. homeless in coronavirus lockdown
U.S. lockdown closures leave hundreds of thousands of rough sleepers without access to soap and water, putting them at increased risk of infection, advocates say
Nordic investors turn up heat on coal in climate campaign
Norway's sovereign wealth fund last week excluded five companies, including Glencore, from its holdings after putting a hard limit on coal-related emissions - setting an example others may follow
OPINION: Healthy lives depend on a healthy planet
After the COVID-19 pandemic, people deserve a green recovery that improves their life chances
China's coronavirus campaign offers glimpse into surveillance system
China's massive network of surveillance cameras is being used to check people's movements and enforce 'wartime restrictions'
Bust-up over climate weighs on EU-UK talks, risks trade rifts
Britain has its own ambitious goals for cutting emissions but is refusing to make binding climate-change commitments in the new deal it is seeking with the EU from 2021
In Philippine slums, heat, hunger take a toll under lockdown
Families who live illegally along the trash-filled estuary, Estero de Magdalena, go hungry in cramped, hot homes
'No time': Latin America's slum dwellers lead coronavirus battle
Highly vulnerable to coronavirus, favela residents across the region are working together to fill gaps in government aid
Rural migrants suffer most amid China's unemployment misery
There are an estimated 280 million rural migrant workers in China among the hardest-hit by the economic impact of the coronavirus
Philippine leader answers call of workers begging to go home
Thousands of Filipino crew are stuck on ships still awaiting coronavirus tests, many no longer receiving salaries and already having met conditions for release