French court orders state to honour its climate commitments
France is one of several countries where environmental activists are using the judicial system to force their governments to take faster action against global warming
OPINION: Forced migration in the Pacific: A cautionary tale as seas rise
The forced relocation by Britain of 1,000 Pacific islanders to Fiji after World War Two is suddenly relevant to show how – and how not – to manage migration if rising seas swamp low-lying nations
OPINION: The climate has changed - but we haven't
Surging climate-related disasters now demand an entirely new approach to understanding and acting on climate risk
Africa's farmers click with digital tools to boost crops
From renting tractors to monitoring crops by satellite, a slew of agri-tech innovations have emerged over the last decade to serve Africa's long-neglected small-scale farmers
WIDER IMAGE-'Our whole life depends on water': Climate change, pollution and dams threaten Iraq’s Marsh Arabs
Many Marsh Arabs, the wetlands' indigenous population, were displaced after Saddam Hussein drained the land. Now a cycle of water crises threatens their way of life
INSIGHT-Moon dust: Greenland's recipe for saving Planet Earth
On the mineral-rich island of Greenland, sustainable mining could be the answer to both saving the planet and gaining independent income, but not everyone is convinced
UK's Prince William says great minds should focus on saving Earth not space travel
William appears to criticise Jeff Bezos, the world's richest person, Elon Musk and Briton Richard Branson, whose rival ventures are all vying to usher in a new era of private commercial space travel
In Taiwan tea country, a scramble to adapt to extreme weather
Tea farmers are working on coping strategies for extreme weather, including hacking deep into the undergrowth to look for pools to pipe water to the fields
'A drop in the bucket': China's biodiversity fund launch gets lukewarm response
A $232 million pledge by China at the COP15 biodiversity summit is a start – but $350 billion a year is needed by 2030, analysts say
'Terrifying' warming predicted as country climate vows fail to add up
New emissions cutting pledges are coming in – but more ambitious plans from China, India, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and other big climate polluters are still missing