EXPERT VIEWS-G7 climate commitments judged too weak to bag COP26 success

Green groups say a lack of fresh finance to help developing countries adopt renewable energy and adapt to a warmer planet threatens key climate talks in November

Carrot or stick? How countries are tackling COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy

Authorities and companies are offering a dizzying array of incentives to boost COVID vaccination rates and turn a page on the pandemic

ANALYSIS-With Trump gone, NATO wages war on climate threat

Leaders of Western military alliance are set on Monday to agree a climate action plan to make their armed forces carbon-neutral by 2050 and adapt to global warming threats

FEATURE-Women find helping hand to break into tech jobs in Germany

Biases entrenched in AI hiring software mean many well-qualified women may be falling at the first hurdle, according to tech diversity non-profit FrauenLoop

Nigeria's Twitter ban leaves some businesses in the lurch

Scores of small and medium-sized businesses across Africa's most populous nation are reeling from the indefinite suspension of the social media site

G7 agrees 1 billion COVID vaccine donation - communique

The vaccine donations build on exports from domestic production with at least 700 million doses exported or to be exported this year, according to the draft

G7 rivals China with grand infrastructure plan

The Build Back Better World (B3W) initiative will mobilise private sector capital in areas including climate, health, digital technology and gender equality, the White House says

Somalia's Puntland moves to ban female genital mutilation

Banning female genital mutilation (FGM) would help curb the centuries-old practice in Somalia, which has the world’s highest rates of FGM, say campaigners

The coronavirus pandemic drove life online. Is video streaming pushing up harmful emissions?

A surge in video conferencing and streaming has fuelled concerns about the planet-heating emissions they generate - but that worry may be overblown

Threatened Caribbean coral reefs get a new ally: insurance

Policies could help fund the growing need to quickly clean and repair reefs after hurricane damage, backers say

COVID-19 shots to the people: Indonesia city revs up vaccine buses

Pekanbaru on the island of Sumatra has turned buses into vaccine clinics which are administering more than 1000 jabs a day

OPINION: The climate emergency is a public health emergency, for which there is no vaccine

In the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen how governments, business, academics and the public can come together in solidarity - the same is needed to tackle climate change

OPINION: A year on, Sarah Hegazi’s death must not go unmarked

On the anniversary of Sarah Hegazi’s death, asylum seekers must be treated like human beings.

OPINION: In 2021, it is time to have more Black executives in boardrooms

In more than six decades, there have only been 21 Black CEOs out of 1,800. Adding more Black executives to boards will increase shareholder value. Companies have been complacent for too long

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