U.S. crop insurance payouts rise sharply as climate change worsens droughts, floods
The report reinforces concerns that insuring the nation's crops will get more expensive as climate change drives more erratic weather events that disrupt agriculture
Richest 20 nations urged to lead on nature protection with more finance
With a new global pact to halt biodiversity loss due this year, pressure is rising to close the gap in funding needed to achieve its goals
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Borneo island's Sabah state spearheads green palm oil revolution
Can certifying geographic groups of palm oil producers - rather than each of them individually - help drive better forest protection in Southeast Asia?
Malaysia's Sabah aims to win big as world's first green palm oil state
The scheme aims to protect wildlife and forests, tackle land disputes and worker abuses, improve harvests and open the door to premium-paying palm oil buyers
Local heroes: The untold story of the COVID-19 pandemic
How have local communities supported the global response to the pandemic?
Olympics-Climate change threatens Winter Olympics and future snow sports -research
The Beijing Games, kicking off on Feb. 4, will be the first Winter Olympics to use virtually 100% artificial snow by deploying snow generators and snow-making guns
China's Xi says country's low carbon push must guarantee energy, food security
China, the world's biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions, has been under pressure to 'enhance ambition' and take more drastic action to tackle global warming
Green transition slowed by economic and social barriers, not technology
Changes in mindset and boosts in funding are key to achieving a swift transition to a climate-smart economy, researchers say
EU plan to label gas and nuclear as green could mislead investors, advisers say
The experts urged EU authorities to rewrite the draft rules, which they said would label gas plants with relatively high CO2 emissions as "sustainable".