India's grandmothers harvest new social status from climate-smart farming

As they learn techniques to help them get a harvest even in the face of climate pressures, rural women are winning new respect and clout

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Can planting trees really stop climate change?

Tree-planting as a solution to climate change is gaining support from environmentalists, politicians and even oil and gas companies. But will it be enough to stop global warming?

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Senegal opens West Africa's first big wind farm in push for renewables

With the wind farm, Senegal will get 30% of its energy from clean sources, in a push to cut its dependence on fossil fuels

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Under attack from climate change, Colombia's farmers befriend nature

In northern provinces, villagers are working to restore wetlands and plant trees to reduce rising flood risk, with international funding

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Money trees: U.S. cities find new ways of valuing urban forests

In the face of a warming planet and breakneck urbanization, U.S. policymakers are asking how best urban trees can be protected and utilized

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'It's harder here': African climate strikers lack support, says Kenyan teen

'It's not like in the West where there is a lot more understanding of climate change and therefore more support from family, school and the media for youth activists. It's much harder here.'

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Climate disruption threatens health and future of all children, commission warns

Children face multiple risks - from global warming to hunger to exploitative marketing - and no country is adequately dealing with these, says a U.N.-backed report

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Top worry for young Africans? Jobs and corruption - but green anxieties grow

Four out of five young Africans surveyed said they are now anxious about climate change

Climate change could pose 'catastrophic' security threat, experts warn

Disease would spread, and border security and infrastructure would break down as resources grow more scarce, fueling extremism, crime and human trafficking, experts said

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Lab-grown meat? Dutch start-up keeps pork on your plate without wrecking the planet

Unlike other companies racing to develop environmentally-friendly 'clean meat', Meatable's pork does not use animal serum, a fluid derived from animal blood

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Climate activist Greta Thunberg donates prize money to new foundation

Thunberg is among a growing list of people to dedicate funds to battling the impact of climate change, sparking discussions on the best use of this money

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Colombian armed forces to form special unit to protect national parks

The unit will step up operations against illegal armed groups who burn vegetation to plant coca, the defense minister says

Ex-Facebook exec starts group to help employees push companies on climate

ClimateVoice will seek to organize and amplify climate activism among tech employees to push executives to lobby on behalf of legislative efforts around climate, says founder

INSIGHT-Fires and climate fears rattle Australia's giant coal lobby

Pressure from shareholders and the public is increasing on companies to ensure lobby groups support the goals of the Paris Agreement to curb climate change

World's financial firms risk $1 trln in losses if slow to act on climate change -report

Oliver Wyman found that few firms in the financial services industry - including insurers and asset managers - were modelling climate risks at a granular level

Moscow meltdown: Russian capital has warmest January as experts point to global warming

Flowers have bloomed early, zoo animals have prematurely woken from their winter slumber and the city's outdoor musicians have hit the streets early

Locusts swarm into South Sudan as plague spreads

The invasion is worsening food shortages in a region where up to 25 million people are suffering from three consecutive years of droughts and floods

OPINION: Carbon pricing: It pays not to pollute

Imposing a price on carbon sends a financial signal to investors that low-carbon investments are valuable today and will be even more valuable in the future

OPINION: In 2020, the power of people must defeat failing politics on climate change

It’s time to reject political leaders who offer gradual steps when what we need is transformation

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OPINION: Let’s make sustainability a fashion statement

Let your fashion choice be your expression, your voice and your vote for a sustainable future