INSIGHT-Investors get lost in Big Oil's carbon accounting maze
A lack of data - and different ways of measuring emissions - are hampering efforts to price risks related to climate change and shift investments towards greener finance
INSIGHT-Rescued from sex slavery, red tape traps Bangladeshi girls in India
Victims wishing to return home must first gain approval from police, social workers, judges, border forces and bureaucrats, a process that involves about 15 steps
Incoming top EU climate official pledges to tax polluting imports
Some European companies are voicing support but say everything will depend on the design of new regulations
Drug trade damaging Central America's forests, researchers say
Environmental degradation linked to drug trafficking is causing losses of about $215 million annually across the region's protected forest areas
Judge orders Brazil to reinstate funding for films in LGBT+ victory
Brazil's minister ordered the suspension in August, days after the country's right-wing president criticized four LGBT+ themed films
Hundreds of arrests as London climate-change activists vow more protests
The protests are the latest stage in a global campaign for tougher and swifter steps against climate change
Kim Kardashian praises climate activist Thunberg and hopes for meeting
"Climate change is a serious problem," says the US reality TV star, calling Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg a "brave and amazing young woman"
End of statelessness in sight for Shona as Kenya issues birth certificates
Kenya's move to end the plight of the Shona comes amid a global campaign to eradicate statelessness thought to affect an estimated 10 million people worldwide
OPINION: In an age of weather extremes, we must build to last
Lack of resilient infrastructure is a worldwide problem, causing millions to be displaced when storms, floods and other disasters hit
Biggest US index funds oppose most climate proposals in shareholder votes
Votes on climate-related shareholder resolutions often take center stage at corporate annual meetings but seldom draw support from the two top U.S. index fund firms, BlackRock and Vanguard