Britain must end financial help for fossil fuel projects abroad - lawmakers
Audit committee chair says UK's export finance schemes are handing out billions of pounds in taxpayers' money to develop fossil fuel projects in poorer countries
Greenpeace activists halt BP's North Sea oil rig
The activists demanded that BP immediately end drilling new wells and invest only in renewable energy or shut its operations and return cash to investors
OPINION: Can Africa tap into 'debt-for-nature' plan to protect its forests?
A new U.S. law offers cuts in debt obligations to nations that channel the saved funds to protect critical forests and coral reefs
How safe is your state? U.S. scores low on human rights
Among areas examined: freedom of expression and association, the right to participate in government, and harm inflicted by the state or its agents, from torture to political arrests
Women hope playing in Europe's top LGBT+ rugby contest encourages others
The Union Cup is one of many lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender sporting events held around the world
ANALYSIS-UN talks host Chile ramps up climate ambition - but is it enough?
By 2050, all economic sectors - including agriculture, waste and industrial processes - should become carbon-neutral, Pinera's climate action plan said
OPINION: It is time to control fishing on the high seas to protect the life of the ocean and coastal people
We need a new instrument to protect ocean biodiversity of all kinds, to ensure that our children do not inherit an impoverished planet
Michael Bloomberg to spend $500 million to close coal plants
The "Beyond Carbon" initiative will lobby to close about 250 coal-fired power plants by 2030 and make the country fully reliant on clean energy
New app seeks to reunite South Sudan's 'lost children' with families
While more than 6,000 children have been reunited with their families, thousands are still living with temporary foster families or in care centres
British abuse victim who killed husband will not face murder retrial
Sally Challen had her conviction for murder overturned after an appeal found the trial had not factored in the effect of decades of abuse on her mental health