'Silent financier': How Bangladesh's poor are paying the costs of climate damage
As rich-nation emissions drive worsening storms and floods, the poor in Bangladesh are paying $2 billion a year from their own pockets to adapt and try to rebuild
Loans keep women afloat as they plant fast-vanishing mangroves in Kenya
Coastal communities rely on mangroves to provide habitats for fish and protect their homes from flooding - and giving financial incentives to plant more can boost conservation
U.S. abortion battle: What is the law in other countries?
From El Salvador to the Philippines, various countries have near-total bans on abortion like the one that came into force in Texas in September
After smoke drifts east, U.S. Congress eyes spending billions to curb wildfire threat
More than half of the $27 billion in forestry funding in the social spending bill, which the House aims to pass this week, would go toward 'hazardous fuels reduction projects'
Climate 'loss and damage' earns recognition but little action in COP26 deal
Efforts to create a new fund to help with climate-change-driven "loss and damage" fail as the U.N. talks close, but the problem rises up the global agenda
Turning heat to cooling, Kenyan inventor cuts food waste - and adds jobs and income
The technology has enabled small businesses in remote areas in Kenya to access affordable power, and has been adopted to solve a new problem: keeping COVID-19 vaccines fresh
Poor nations 'squeezed' as debt surges and climate adaptation cash falls short
Developing nations will need up to $500 billion by 2050 to adapt to global warming - but just a fraction of the money needed is on the table, with the gap widening and debt rising
Ensuring indigenous rights seen as key as forest carbon investments grow
As more companies seek to offset their emissions through forests, indigenous rights must be at the top of the agenda, campaigners say in Glasgow
Bangladeshi veteran of UN climate talks fears COP26 will fail the world's poorest
Slow action to cut emissions and deliver finance means Glasgow summit will likely fall short of keeping 1.5C goal alive and protecting vulnerable people, warns Saleemul Huq
Afghan girls learn, code 'underground' to bypass Taliban curbs
Hundreds of Afghan girls and women are continuing to learn online and in hidden classrooms, despite Taliban restrictions on education