UK sets out net zero strategy as it gears up to host COP26
The document is a set of long-term promises to shift the world's fifth largest economy towards green technologies including moving to clean electricity and low-carbon heating
Africa's glaciers to melt, millions of poor face drought, floods, UN says
A new report warns that by 2030, up to 118 million extremely poor people will be exposed to climate change impacts without adequate response measures
Black Americans, women make big strides on top U.S. corporate boards -report
Black Americans now account for 11% of board seats at S&P 500 companies, while women now make up 30% of all S&P 500 directors
Alien world under Austria's doomed glaciers tells tale of their collapse
The caves under the eastern Alps hold clues as to how the ice collapsed so quickly, and could help other communities that depend on glaciers to better manage their decline
OPINION: Let's show our children we can do more than talk on climate change
Investing in nature can help shift the climate crisis
Afghanistan's economic collapse could prompt refugee crisis - IMF
Tajikistan say it cannot afford to take in large numbers of refugees without financial assistance. Other Central Asian nations have also said they have no plans to host refugees
As women flee Afghanistan, brain drain hits economy and girls' hopes
The exodus of working women from Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover could set the country back decades and deprive the next generation of role models
Africa calls for climate finance tracker after donors fall short
Tanguy Gahouma, Africa's top COP26 negotiator, called for tracker for the $100 bln in climate funding pledged by rich countries, including who gave what and where it went
New Zealand plans new housing density laws to tame red-hot property market
Already high prices have sky-rocketed in the past year or two due to an acute shortage of housing, historically low interest rates and cheap access to capital
'Giving life to dying land': Solar water pumps quench thirsty Kenyan farms
Kenya's farmers have built sand dams to hold onto scarce river water - but solar-power water pumps are making access hugely easier