Wildfires, logging turn protected forests into carbon emitters -report
Over centuries forests have stored some 13 billion tons of carbon but with increasing wildfires and logging, many of the world's protected forests are emitting more carbon than they can absorb
U.S. issues first passport with 'X' gender marker
The U.S. State Department issued the first passport with an 'X' gender marker, which can be used by non-binary, intersex and gender-non-conforming people.
Brazil seeks to burnish its climate credentials as COP26 nears
With its president more politically isolated and under fire for high rates of Amazon deforestation, Brazil is looking for ways to rebrand itself at COP26
Climate change to displace tens of millions of East Africans by 2050 -World Bank
Rich nations promised to deliver $100 billion a year to poorer countries to help tackle impact of global warming, but funding will be delayed further COP26 president admitted
Slowdowns and shutdowns: Africans challenge internet restrictions
Telecommunications were interrupted in Sudan this week after the army seized power in a coup, the latest in a string of internet outages in African countries over the last year
Soccer-Cavallo becomes first active A-League player to come out as gay
Adelaide United midfielder Josh Cavallo said he was done feeling ashamed about being gay in a video on social media
More victims complain of sexual abuse in Congo scandal - WHO expert
Some 83 aid workers, a quarter employed by the WHO, were involved in sexual coercion and abuse during DRC's 10th Ebola epidemic
Italian upper house Senate brings down LGBT+ protection bill
Proposed bill protecting LGBT+ community from violence is blocked by Italian lawmakers, centre-left politicians now see it impossible to approve bill before legislature expires
EXPLAINER-Sticking points at the U.N. climate conference
From steeper emissions cuts to more finance for developing nations and agreeing rules for global carbon markets, the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow have a packed agenda
India's engineering colleges equip students for future beyond coal
From solar energy to robotics and even mining on other planets, courses that once focused on coal production offer skills for future green jobs