Popular French environment minister quits in blow to Macron
"I don't want to lie to myself any more, or create the illusion that we're facing up to these challenges"
Sizzling weather may help 2018 U.N. climate talks in Poland
Poland, which generates most of its electricity from coal, is hosting the annual U.N. climate talks for the third time
Appetite for destruction: Soy boom devours Brazil's tropical savanna
The largest savanna in South America, the Cerrado is a vital storehouse for carbon dioxide, the greenhouse gas whose rising emissions are warming the atmosphere
Honduran minority fights for a threatened way of life
A thriving community for the Garifuna minority is fighting against what they see as a concerted effort to drive them from their ancestral lands
In a posh Bangkok neighbourhood, residents trade energy with blockchain
The pilot project is among the world's largest peer-to-peer renewable energy trading platforms using blockchain
Heat is not just about hardware - it's about people
What does the combination of growing urbanization and aging populations mean for heat risks as the world grows hotter?
In battles over land rights, activists are branded as criminals - UN
Last year, more than 200 activists were killed, the highest since 2002
Liberia set to secure ancestral land rights with long-awaited law
Most of Liberia's 5 million people have only customary rights to the land they live on
Rising carbon levels threaten diets of hundreds of millions of poor
By 2050, nearly 300 mln people could lack enough zinc or protein and 1.4 bln women and children will be vulnerable to iron deficiency
On foot, Venezuela's poor seek better lives across South America
Colombia has taken in the highest number of Venezuelans, about 870,000, and growing numbers are spreading across South America