Protests, petitions as green spaces in Indian cities vanish

'We're not saying, don't cut a single tree; we're only saying don't needlessly cut trees because there simply aren't enough trees'

TIMELINE-Will Greta Thunberg become the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner?

If she wins the 16-year-old climate activist will become the youngest ever laureate


INTERVIEW - Tiny New York island could be 'living laboratory' for climate change

Spit of land off Manhattan could be used to "pioneer and test and then display solutions" to climate change threats, backers say


Titans of Thai fishing collaborate to tackle slavery

Four years after the industry came under fire for its work practices, the government and private sector have introduced measures to clean up the multi-billion dollar sector


U.S. urged to 'turn off hate' after suicide of LGBT+ teen

LGBT+ advocates say acceptance - including legal support - is key to improving mental health


Ex-chef wants to sell U.S. on 'carbon-friendly' chickens

The birds live off food grown locally and sustainably


Faced with climate change and growth, Ethiopia's capital shores up its water supply

Addis Ababa is building a new system to pump groundwater into reservoirs, to expand supplies in a growing, water-short city


Civilians flee Syrian border towns as Turkish warplanes, artillery begin offensive

Ankara plans to resettle millions of refugees in region


Delhi hawkers to be free from threat of eviction after five-year delay

Delhi is set to become the first Indian city to fully implement a law that protects street vendors against the threat of eviction, authorities in the capital said


UK universities roll out consent courses to tackle harassment

Nearly 1,500 allegations of sexual harassment or sexual violence against university students were registered in 2018-19


As UN climate talks near, host Chile charges up electric transport

Santiago expands its green bus fleet, part of a push for all Chile's public transport to be run on electricity by 2040


Opinion

OPINION: Children must not fall off the 2030 Development Agenda

While in the last decades the world has made progress on many fronts, millions children are still far from freedom, safety and education



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