Brazil Environment Ministry fires top climate change officials
The right-wing government has previously reduced the emphasis on global warming within the environment ministry and installed several climate sceptics in key posts
OPINION: Could land rights help build climate resilience in Tanzania’s cities?
As cities come under climate pressure, governments need to find equitable ways to provide safe urban land for growing populations
Climate activists jubilant as expansion of Britain's Heathrow Airport blocked
Campaigners hail judgement barring London's Heathrow Airport expansion on environmental grounds
ANALYSIS-Governments face pressure to protect nature in biodiversity 'super year'
Green groups hope 2020 will see countries commit to a 'Paris agreement for nature' which offers a chance to halt shocking declines in animal and plant life
Running out of time: East Africa faces new locust threat
The locusts are swiftly breeding and their numbers could increase 400-fold by June if the infestation is left unchecked, the UN has warned
OPINION: Drought-hit Barbados aims for one million trees to mitigate climate impact
Barbados, grappling with its worst dry season in decades, is among several Commonwealth countries encouraging tree-planting
BoE's Carney urges City of London to step up ahead of climate summit
Bank of England Governor Mark Carney says changing business models to achieve net zero emissions "will turn an existential risk...into the greatest commercial opportunity of our time"
OPINION: Britain's cities of the future should be rooted in the past
What needs to change, and urgently, is this widely held belief that new homes means new builds
Schools challenged to teach climate change as students join Greta strikes
In Britain, the youth-led Teach the Future campaign network is demanding a new UK law that would instruct all schools to teach climate issues
Asian cities urged to bolster defence against rising seas
Tokyo, Jakarta and Shanghai are among the cities that may need to relocate people and development away from risks, researchers say