Japan's largest opposition party focuses on human rights in party platform
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan chief Yukio Edano said the party would support same-sex marriage, in contrast to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party
World must triple clean energy investment by 2030 to curb climate change -IEA
The IEA warns that renewables like solar, wind and hydropower along with bioenergy need to form a far bigger share in the rebound in energy investment after the pandemic
Brazil's Bolsonaro accused of crimes against humanity as Amazon felled
Complaint to the International Criminal Court accuses Brazil's president of "facilitating and accelerating" Amazon forest losses, driving climate change risks
Love is love: Gay marriage possible for Dutch monarch
The Dutch crown princess has the right to marry a person of any gender without giving up her right to the throne, the prime minister said
Botswana appeals ruling allowing gay sex, court delays judgment
The case argues that the government should do away with the law criminalising gay sex in light of a changed society where homosexuality was more widely accepted
OPINION: Can we prepare a return to the office without microaggressions?
Working from home offers a reprieve from discriminatory actions in a physical office setting that threatens the psychological safety of Black employees
INTERVIEW - Thunberg says COP26 is time for leaders to be honest
Greta Thunberg said she expected to be disappointed at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow by "many, many nice speeches" that are "more or less meaningless"
China's Xi launches $232 mln biodiversity protection fund for developing countries
Green groups hope the new fund could spur other donor countries to contribute to much-needed biodiversity finance at the U.N's COP15 summit in China
U.N. panel says it can't rule on climate case brought by Thunberg
The 15 activists, aged between eight and 17 at the time, argued that their countries had known about the risk of climate change for decades but failed to curb their emissions
Global carbon capture projects surge 50% in 9 months -research
Critics say the technology is a waste of money and will prolong the life of dirty fossil fuels, but advocates see it as essential to help meet net zero emissions