UN weather agency warns of water crisis without urgent reforms
Report calls for more financing and urgent action to improve cooperative water management, with better warning systems needed for floods in Asia and drought in Africa
The polluting elite: Why the climate needs 'radical' lifestyle changes
You may not feel able to fight global warming on your own - but government policy nudges could help wealthy consumers shift to greener lifestyles, says a new report
Fossil fuel firms feel the heat over push for advertising ban
As the campaign to lump fossil fuels in with tobacco advertising gathers pace in Europe, how will companies and policymakers respond?
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
Banks make slow progress on UK gender pay, while gap widens for insurers
Pay gap data from 21 major financial institutions showed a narrowing in their gender pay gap of just 0.4 percentage points to 33.4% in the year to April 2020, from 33.8% in 2019
Japan eyes renewables, nuclear restart in race for 2030 climate goal
Japan, which has pledged carbon neutrality by 2050, nearly doubled in April its target for emissions cuts to 46% by 2030
'Doxxing' activists dole out virtual justice for Lebanon collapse
With no one jailed over Lebanon's financial collapse and the probe into last year's Beirut port blast suspended, digital activists say naming and shaming politicians is more crucial than ever
Climate change is killing the world's coral reefs as oceans warm -study
The study shows that 14% of the world's coral on reefs was already lost between 2009 and 2018 - an area 2.5 times the size of Grand Canyon National Park
Airlines deepen climate goal despite Chinese opposition
The International Air Transport Association says it is committed to "net zero" carbon emissions by 2050 - a move that ties the sector's climate action to the 2015 Paris accord for the first time
Pandora Papers: How the powerful hide wealth offshore
The 'Pandora Papers' documents allegedly tie hundreds of politicians and officials to opaque offshore accounts and tax havens. What can be done about a system that - though legal - deprives governments of billions in lost revenue?