As it looks to solar, Los Angeles targets an inclusive green shift

As California’s largest city pushes for net-zero emissions, its government, community groups and businesses aim to achieve social and climate goals at the same time

INSIGHT-Lebanese banks swallow at least $250m in U.N. aid

Unfavourable dollar exchange rates mean refugees and poor Lebanese got less aid, even as prices of essentials soared amid an economic crisis

FACTBOX-What is Juneteenth and how are people marking the day?

Juneteenth commemorates the day in 1865 when a Union general arrived in Texas to inform a group of enslaved African Americans of their freedom

Hungary's anti-LGBT+ law slammed as an 'affront to human rights'

Nick Herbert, Britain's first Special Envoy on LGBT Rights, said he will join the EU in fighting the law

U.N. says UK aid cuts likely to cause thousands of needless deaths

Work to prevent and treat debilitating diseases could be set back years by Britain's cancellation of health programme, said the World Health Organization

Dirty money: What is the environmental cost of bitcoin?

Many are growing more critical of bitcoin mining - a process that uses vast amounts of energy from fossil fuels. So just how dirty is the virtual currency, and can it clean up its act?

'Adults have failed': Youth activists take up fight for U.S. digital rights

Youth group Encode Justice is involved in digital rights issues at every level of government - from surveillance regulations to privacy bills

U.N. warns drought may be 'the next pandemic'

Drought has hit more than 1.5 billion people since 1998 and the numbers are set to “grow dramatically,” says UN special representative

'Iron Man' Downey backs DNA mapping of rivers, wetlands to protect wildlife

The eBioAtlas, which will gather information from freshwater sites, aims to unlock private investment for nature conservation and guide government policy on biodiversity

Shakespeare, Sappho risk ban under Hungary's anti-LGBT+ law

Publishers fear authors, ads and textbooks could be banned under sweeping new anti-LGBT+ law

U.N. climate chief urges unity as scarce vaccines, finance cloud COP26 outlook

As mid-year online climate talks end, officials admit there is still much work for November's COP26 summit to succeed amid concerns about COVID-19 vaccinations for delegates

OPINION: We can't solve climate change while our supply chains are 'carbon blind'

As societies we are ‘carbon blind’ to our supply chains, despite them accounting for more than 80% of annual greenhouse gas emissions

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