OPINION: Here’s what to do about diversity and inclusion fatigue in finance
Based on interviews with 35 senior leaders in Singapore who expressed concerns about perceptions of tokenism and insincere virtue-signalling for the sake of visual superficial diversity
Russia considering more ambitious climate targets
Russia's new draft plan - yet to be approved - sees it cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 79% by 2050 from 2019 in its main 'target' scenario, but falls short of carbon neutrality
Who wins, who loses from the boom in climate prediction startups?
New firms are harnessing AI to predict how climate change will affect land parcels, which could affect investments, loans and insurance - and make those with access to the data richer
Facebook down: What the outage meant for the developing world
From Afghanistan to Brazil, Facebook's platforms have become the main way people connect. For those in the developing world, the outage upended daily life
Brazil environment minister aims to boost image at UN climate conference
Far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been blasted internationally for not doing enough to stop deforestation
Trio win physics Nobel for work deciphering chaotic climate
Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi won the prize for work that helps understand complex physical systems such as Earth's changing climate
Can COP26 help poorer countries save the world?
COP26 will be critical in figuring out a just transition from coal to clean energy in developing countries, who are often least responsible for climate change but hit hardest by it
Global citizens' assembly debates climate solutions ahead of COP26 summit
One hundred people will deliberate on how global warming can be addressed in fair and effective ways and will present the assembly's views on the sidelines of the COP26 talks
World's largest miners pledge net zero carbon emissions by 2050
The joint commitment to a goal of net zero direct and indirect carbon emissions by 2050 or before covers companies making up one-third of the global mining and metals industry
Clean environment could become U.N. human right. Not so fast, say U.S., Britain
Observers have criticised the stance of London as host of the U.N.'s COP26 climate conference in Glasgow next month