Deep sea mining could destroy 'our last frontier', environmentalists say
The ocean floor is scattered with vast beds of minerals key to making modern gadgets from smartphones to solar panels
Brazil to issue 'dirty list' of employers using slave labor based on court findings
The list will be compiled from a roster of companies and people found guilty in labor courts
Europol sets up taskforce to target most dangerous human traffickers
The new taskforce aims to improve cooperation and information-sharing between the 28 EU member states in order to ramp up the fight against smuggling networks
African nations urged to enforce family laws to protect women
Members from 25 African countries, said many nations had enacted progressive family laws in line with the Maputo Protocol, but the laws were not being enforced
Hotter but less deadly? Preparedness may cut toll of Europe's heatwave
Deaths from the health impacts of June's extreme heat are likely to have been reduced after governments learned lessons from a 2003 heatwave
Millions of small pig farmers in Asia threatened by swine fever outbreak
Measures to halt swine flu's spread, such as limiting the transportation of pork, risks destroying the livelihoods of families who lack the expertise and funds to protect their herds
Save the world with a message from space, says U.N. advocate
Member nations adopted the goals in 2015 to tackle conflict, hunger, land degradation, gender equality and climate change. Work on promoting their implementation is heating up this summer
Protesters target Amazon in France calling for action on climate change
Organisers say their aim was not to have Amazon shut down in France but to cancel its plans for expansion in 2020, as the country falls behind on its climate change commitments
Climate change probably added 4C to Europe's June heatwave - study
Climate change also made the record-breaking heatwave at least five times more likely, scientists said
US lawmakers take a concrete step to battle emissions
Can injecting climate-changing carbon dioxide into concrete mix help cut the huge emissions from concrete production?