Swedish student leader wins EU pledge to spend billions on climate
Teenage Greta Thunberg said she and hundreds of thousands like her were skipping school each week to focus politicians' minds on a 2020 deadline for countries to step up planned emissions cuts
Costa Rica struggles to sell insurance to climate-threatened farmers
Many farmers see insurance as an unnecessary cost, with the state often bailing them out when they lose crops to extreme weather
Male, female or X? Air passengers to get more gender options from airlines
British Airways and Air New Zealand are planning to introduce extra gender options for LGBT+ passengers who don't identify as either male or female
Gay parenting 'boot camp' moves to Asia to meet growing demand from China
Men Having Babies stages events across the world to support LGBT+ people who want to become parents
Ex-child soldier fights for trans rights in Colombia
Darla Cristina Gonzalez transitioned gender after fleeing the FARC, where being LGBT+ could be punished by death
Colombia's ex-rebels turn tourist guides, but peace remains fragile
About 12,000 FARC members, including 6,000 combatants, demobilized under peace accord that ended half a century of war with the government
Australia says coal market 'booming' as it dismisses Glencore cuts
Glencore, which produces around one-fifth of Australia's coal, has said it will limit its coal capacity to support a global transition to a low-carbon economy and limit increasing risks from climate change
Thai community forest bill won't benefit all, campaigners say
'For the first time, there is legal recognition of the right of local communities to manage their forests, so this is significant'
Slaves to religion: Brazil raids expose dark side of cults
Data is scarce on the number of people who are enslaved by or rescued from slavery in Brazilian cults, but forced labor is rife in certain groups
Survivors draw on personal pasts to design anti-trafficking software
Nonprofit AnnieCannons trains survivors in every aspect of software engineering, believing that they have a special insight into the needs of trafficking victims