No end in sight for deforestation, as national goals and funding fall short
Countries have invested just 0.5% and 5% of the estimated $460 billion per year needed to conserve, manage and revive the planet's forests since 2010, according to a new report
Rural U.S. county split over multi-billion dollar data center boom
Surging use of the internet since the pandemic began has fueled demand for new data centers - and competition for land – close to big urban hubs
It's down to world leaders to honour climate pledges, says UK COP26 chief
COP26, which begins on Oct. 31, aims to secure more ambitious action from the nearly 200 countries that signed the 2015 Paris Agreement to limit global warming
Superman comes out as bisexual; 'not a gimmick,' writer says
Jon Kent, the original Superman Clark Kent's son, kisses a male reporter in DC Comics' latest upcoming issue.
OPINION: We will pay to help poor nations deal with climate change now - or later
Wealthy countries have the cash to help poorer at-risk nations deal with climate change - they're just choosing not to spend it
Climate action at COP26 could save millions of lives, WHO says
UN health agency report on climate change and health urges transformational action in every sector, saying public health benefits of ambitious climate action far outweighs the costs
U.N. panel says it can't rule on climate case brought by Greta Thunberg
The committee said the children should have taken the case to national courts first but upheld a "sufficient causal link" between the harm they alleged and the acts or omissions of five countries
More vaccines, climate help needed for poorer nations, say UN, Non-Aligned Movement
The U.N. secretary-general warns rich economies to ramp up efforts to help developing countries in a struggle against "biodiversity loss, pollution and climate change"
Indigenous leaders call for stronger rights as UN nature summit begins
The appeal comes as governments work to finalise a new global pact to safeguard biodiversity at the two-part COP15 U.N. summit, which concludes next May
Biodiversity guru Thomas Lovejoy warns of peril to Amazon forest's 'living library'
As U.N. negotiations on protecting biological diversity open, the man who coined the phrase says it's time for different action to save nature