Climate protesters at London airport say they are 'mainstream' and 'scared'

"Extinction Rebellion" movement activists, many retirees, wage a sit-in at the entrance of London City Airport, and halt two planes

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Youth activists leave little room for climate inaction, world mayors say

"The pressure especially from young people is just enormous. They are fed up with declarations, with goals and priorities ... they want to see results"

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Richer nations urged to boost protection against wild weather as losses jump

Economic losses to climate catastrophes are surging fastest in temperate countries, which need to move faster to adapt, scientists warn

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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

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Kenyan farmers snap crops with phones to improve insurance payouts

A new project is training farmers to use smartphones to chart the health of their crops, so that they are more likely to receive compensation when droughts or floods hit

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SE Asia urged to cooperate on taking firms to task over fire haze

Researchers say governments in the region would do better to work jointly on preventing fires than playing a blame game

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End world's 'coal addiction' to avert climate devastation, UN chief says

'Let us make no mistake, we are facing an urgent crisis. Climate change is moving faster than we are, exceeding worst-case projections.'

Drug trade damaging Central America's forests, researchers say

Environmental degradation linked to drug trafficking is causing losses of about $215 million annually across the region's protected forest areas

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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

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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

More trees, less cars: cities pledge cleaner air

Dozens of mayors of cities from every continent pledge cleaner air in a bid to improve urban health and tackle climate change

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British police order a halt to climate change protests in London

The police move to halt Extinction Rebellion protests comes after a week of civil disobedience by activists targeting government buildings and banks

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Rescuers slog through mud as Japan typhoon death toll rises to 66

Survivors say the flooding and damage is worse than from previous storms - and suggest new preparedness measures are needed

Indonesia shuts some schools as haze again clouds the skies

The number of fire hot spots in parts of Sumatra and Borneo islands has been on the rise over past week despite some rain

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest surges through September

Destruction of the Amazon totaled 7,854 square kilometers for January to September - that's 10 times the area of New York City

British city launches innovative fund to tackle climate change, poverty

Bristol's CityFunds pursues social and environmental outcomes and financial returns

U.N. urges action as finds farmers losing up to a fifth of produce

Central and southern Asia have the highest level of food losses of 20% followed by northern America and Europe at more than 15%

OPINION: How do we reduce disaster risks for the conflict-affected?

As conflicts become more protracted around the world, cutting disaster risks from climate change in those places will require a different approach

OPINION: Tackling disaster risk means fewer people forced to flee their homes

We estimate the number of people likely to be displaced by the year-end at around 22 million. So we know the risk. What should we do about it?

OPINION: 'Citizen science' can help cities stand up to climate threats

The approach can give municipalities the means to build the priorities of local people into models for disaster prevention and the design and management of cities