New mobility is coming to a city near you – but will it be sustainable?
From ride-hailing to autonomous vehicles 'new mobility' services are an exciting time for transport but will the mobility revolution benefit everyone?
Ukraine cities gear up to run on local clean energy by 2050
As Ukraine promises to strengthen its climate action plan, moves by cities to go green are showing the way, experts say
Malnutrition: the new challenges are also the new opportunities…
The nature of malnutrition has fundamentally changed in one generation and this new environment offers some powerful new opportunities--if we can seize them.
The worst cruelty is our indifference
If we don’t change our ways, step up and take responsibility, no one ever will
Activists denied access to Poland for U.N. climate talks, green groups say
Human rights experts say reported barring of activists contradicts the spirit of the 2015 Paris climate accord
U.N. climate negotiators sweat over detail as deadline looms
"These talks are a question of rules for rules: rules on action such as reducing emissions in return for rules on the predictability of finance for developing countries"
UN's Guterres hopes Yemen peace talks will resume by year-end
A worsening humanitarian crisis in the nearly 4-year-old conflict has prompted Western nations to call for an end to the Saudi-led military campaign there
Russia risks HIV epidemic as cases rise - experts
Data shows a record number of new cases last year
'Be visible and loud' to drive #MeToo forwards, women say
While women have been protesting over physical and sexual abuse for years, society has become more willing to listen since the emergence of #MeToo, campaigners say
At U.N. climate talks, Trump team plans sideshow on coal
As the gathering looks at how to ramp up ambition on clean energy and put in place rules to cut emissions, Trump's team will promote continuing use of coal