'Perfect storm': Haiti COVID-19 peak set to collide with hurricanes

In a country already struggling with political instability, social unrest, drought and economic woes, hurricane season and coronavirus are an unwelcome addition

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Beat the heat? India struggles to keep cool during lockdown

Lowering risks from blistering summer heat may be difficult this year with most of the country's 1.3 billion people forced to stay indoors

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African countries get new tool to predict climate-related disasters

Most African countries have lacked good forecasting methods as weather becomes increasingly extreme

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Weakened by war and floods, Yemen fights twin health threat

Already on the brink of collapse, the country's health system is seeing a surge in flood-linked illnesses and rising COVID-19 cases

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Coronavirus pandemic threatens to suffocate U.S. hurricane response

Emergency systems are already stretched-thin by the virus response and distancing during evacuations will be a challenge

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Cities hastily add pandemics to long list of 21st-century threats

Officials are harnessing networks and tools devised for responding to better-known risks like climate change to tackle the COVID-19 crisis

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Pakistan readies for second battle against crop-devouring locusts

Agricultural losses could run into the billions if the pests are not controlled, authorities warn

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Global push urged for COVID-19 vaccine could help climate too

Building the international cooperation needed to swiftly create and distribute a coronavirus vaccine could help with other threats too

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Indonesia backs off timber rule change after deforestation fears

Green groups had warned that relaxing checks on exported timber products could encourage illegal logging

In Fiji, lesbian feminist activist Noelene Nabulivou strives for world ‘liberated and free’

Battling climate change and discrimination against the LGBT+ community, Noelene Nabulivou says challenges facing her island home are intertwined

Kenya's herb farmers crushed by virus blow to exports

Despite heavy rains bringing a good harvest, producers have seen orders dive because of COVID-19 lockdowns in Europe and North America

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U.S. solar industry sheds five years of job growth amid the coronavirus

The steep losses were mostly among workers unable to install solar energy equipment as businesses closed during COVID-19 lockdowns

UK trials e-scooters to ease post-lockdown transport crunch

The government is fast-tracking e-scooter trials as it seeks to reduce pressure on public transport to avoid a new virus spike

India evacuates thousands threatened by cyclone amid coronavirus pandemic

Prime Minister will hold a meeting in New Delhi, to plan how to mitigate damage and injuries from the strengthening storm, as the country eases its COVID-19 lockdown

Trump admin slaps solar, wind operators with retroactive rent bills

The bills will add to woes for green energy firms already facing cancelled projects and lower demand due to coronavirus

Zimbabwe's drought-hit Bulawayo limits tap water to just a day a week

After a devastating drought in 2019 and patchy rains this year, water shortages have worsened in Zimbabwe's second biggest city

China smog rises in April for first time this year

Air pollution in China plummeted during the lockdown but has now overshot its pre-crisis levels, Finnish researchers found

OPINION: Now's the time to build a 21st century energy system

Clean and resilient energy provides a safe and strategic investment choice as $8 trillion is spent on virus stimulus packages