EXPLAINER: Is climate change boosting hunger around the world?
Extreme weather, rising seas and hotter temperatures are increasingly affecting farmers and their harvests. What needs to change - and what could help?
Swiss banks, gov't partner up to raise $1 bln for development projects
The Sustainable Development Goals Impact Finance Initiative is one of a number of 'blended finance' funds to help ramp up investment in poorer countries - a key focus at the recent COP26 climate conference
EU drafts plan to remove more carbon emissions from the air
The European Commission will propose an EU system of certifying carbon removals next year, by measuring and verifying CO2 removals from individual land holdings
Rising sun: Renewables to dominate new power capacity through 2026: IEA
Renewable electricity capacity in five years will equal today's global total for fossil fuels and nuclear energy combined but needs to grow even faster to meet climate goals
'Mobility divide' looms as poor stuck in fragile states, UN body says
Of the 55 million internally displaced persons in 2020, 48 million fled conflict and violence and seven million were uprooted by disasters such as hurricanes and wildfires
California could save its last nuclear plant- US energy chief
The Biden administration has expressed support for the nuclear power industry as crucial to its goal of decarbonizing the U.S. electrical grid by 2035
Land disputes, climate change pressure Turkish nomads to settle
As drought and tensions with local farmers threaten their pastoralist lifestyle, the last of Turkey's nomadic Yoruks fear they may soon have to settle down
World's underground fungal life to be mapped for first time
Fungal networks, which store billions of tonnes of CO2, are under threat from factors including fertiliser use in agriculture, urbanisation and climate change
Swedish PM chooses party veteran Damberg as finance minister
Sweden PM appoints Lina Axelsson Kihlblom as school minister, the first trans politician to hold the post in the country
With Omicron, has COVID-19 vaccine inequity put the world at risk?
Health experts say Omicron's appearance underscores the need to share vaccines more fairly