Banks worth $47 trillion adopt new U.N.-backed climate principles
Under pressure from investors, regulators and climate activists, some big banks have acknowledged the role lenders will need to play in a rapid transition to a low-carbon economy
Climate activists hold event to mark vanishing Swiss glacier
The gathering in Switzerland, which has about 1,500 glaciers, mirrors an action in August when activists and others in Iceland commemorated a melted glacier there
Deutsche Bahn sees big windfall from climate change package
Measures announced on Friday including a cut in value-added tax (VAT) on train tickets would give it an additional 20 billion euros in revenue by 2030 said Deutsche Bahn boss
Germany's Greens promise to strengthen climate plan after protests
With environmental concerns surging up the list of voters' priorities, the Greens are soaring in polls, and are now vying with the conservatives for the top slot nationally
Big companies commit to slash emissions ahead of U.N. climate summit
Some companies in the We Mean Business coalition have agreed to slash their carbon emissions to net zero by 2050, while others will align their operations with a goal of limiting global warming to 1.5C
Young climate activists seek step up from streets to political table
"The decisions about our future are still being made largely without us," activist says
After strikes, youth climate activists keep pressure on leaders
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres gave youth activists the floor at the U.N.'s first youth climate change summit and urged the young activists to keep the pressure on
INTERVIEW-Funding injection needed to stop poor farmers' climate pain spreading
Worsening droughts and floods have already slashed crop yields, as the planet warms, and farmers need more help to stop them leaving their land, warns research network head
ANALYSIS-Hands off our cultural heritage, say world's indigenous people
Indigenous groups often must defend their culture, language and knowledge against what they see as cultural appropriation
Adults swell ranks of students marching in record global climate protest
An estimated 4 million people take to the streets as first-time adult climate protesters join student-led strikes