INSIGHT-Car-centric Austin is building transit. Will anyone ride it?
To lure drivers out of their vehicles, Austin is pushing light rail and electric buses. But convincing Americans who live outside dense coastal cities to give up their cars won't be easy
Sierra Leone names Africa's first chief heat officer
From floods to droughts to landslides, the West African nation has been battling the realities of climate change for more than a decade
Renewable energy jobs grew globally in 2020 despite COVID-19 crisis
Clean energy jobs rose to 12 million last year even amid the pandemic but officials say green employment must come with decent conditions and bring in more women
EU leaders to lock horns over response to energy price spike
The price spike has stoked familiar tensions between EU countries over the bloc's policies to fight climate change, with Poland this week calling for Brussels to change or delay some planned green measures
India PM Modi to attend Glasgow climate meet, environment minister says
Modi is set to attend the COP26 climate talks, but serious binding emission targets for India remain unlikely, say government sources
'Window for action closing' - G20 urged to hike climate pledges
Developing nations take richer countries to task on broken promises to cut CO2 emissions while they are expected to commit to tougher targets
G20 split over coal, 1.5 degree climate limit ahead of Rome summit - sources
The need to curb planet-heating emissions will be high on the agenda of the Rome G20 gathering, seen as a key stepping stone right before the COP26 climate summit
EXPLAINER: Five reasons why it's hard to stop migrant abuse in the Gulf
Migrants in the Arab states sent home over $124 billion in 2017, with UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar all in the top 10
New Zealand passes climate change disclosure laws for financial firms in world first
The new laws will require financial firms in New Zealand to explain how they would manage climate-related risks and opportunities
'Wage theft' in UAE robs African deportees of future
Arrested before payday, deported without papers and now stonewalled by their former bosses - hundreds of African migrants thrown out of Abu Dhabi are struggling to start over without key documents and crucial cash.