INTERVIEW -Namibia's first lady pledges to give all her wealth to charity
Monica Geingos is on a mission to change the image of African first ladies and tackle sexism and inequality in Namibia, the world's second most unequal country
Plant a trillion trees: U.S. Republicans offer fossil fuel-friendly climate fix
The plan is intended to address climate change by sucking carbon out of the air instead of by cutting emissions
Each day, fossil fuel air pollution costs $8 billion, study says
Exposure to fossil fuel-generated air pollutants is blamed for some 1.8 billion days of work absences every year, worldwide, resulting in losses of about $101 billion, the study said
Indigenous community opposing Canada pipeline launches legal challenge
TC ENERGY-PIPELINE/TRUDEAU (UPDATE 1, PIX):UPDATE 1-Indigenous community opposing Canada pipeline launches legal challenge
Half of top businesses lack commitment to prevent supply-chain deforestation - report
Annual assessment of forest-protection efforts by companies that produce, use and finance key commodities shows progress has been "painfully slow"
Locust swarms in East Africa: here's what you need to know
Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia are being ravaged by the worst locust outbreak in decades
Trees alone can't win fight against soaring heat, cities warned
Popular projects to plant more trees in cities may not protect residents from soaring and often deadly heat, say researchers
BP deepens emissions targets as CEO Looney 'reinvents' oil major
BP did not specify how it intends to reach its 2050 targets to get carbon emissions from its operations to net zero and halve the carbon intensity of all products it sells, such as diesel or petrol
Mayors of 15 major EU cities ask for funds to fight climate change
The EU aims not to be emitting any more carbon dioxide than it absorbs by 2050, making it 'neutral' from the point of view of climate change and helping curb global warming
Slavery not a crime for almost half the countries in the world - study
Although laws allowing slavery have been scrapped worldwide, many of the 193 U.N. member states have not gone on to explicitly criminalise slavery