'Like slaves': Lebanon's delivery riders struggle as crisis bites

Delivery app workers in Lebanon say they are being exploited and earning less amid economic meltdown

Africa's first chief heat officer - on a mission to cool

From floods to droughts to landslides, the West African nation has been battling the realities of climate change for more than a decade


Renewable energy jobs grew globally in 2020 despite COVID-19 crisis

Clean energy jobs rose to 12 million last year even amid the pandemic but officials say green employment must come with decent conditions and bring in more women


'Window for action closing' - G20 urged to hike climate pledges

Developing nations take richer countries to task on broken promises to cut CO2 emissions while they are expected to commit to tougher targets


India PM Modi to attend Glasgow climate meet, environment minister says

Modi is set to attend the COP26 climate talks, but serious binding emission targets for India remain unlikely, say government sources


EU leaders to lock horns over response to energy price spike

The price spike has stoked familiar tensions between EU countries over the bloc's policies to fight climate change, with Poland this week calling for Brussels to change or delay some planned green measures


INSIGHT-Car-centric Austin is building transit. Will anyone ride it?

To lure drivers out of their vehicles, Austin is pushing light rail and electric buses. But convincing Americans who live outside dense coastal cities to give up their cars won't be easy


Ghana president calls for tolerance as parliament considers anti-LGBT+ law

Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo has previously spoken out against same-sex marriage despite calling for tolerance


Plastics to outpace coal's greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 -report

Emissions from plastic production plants under construction or planned would undercut any gains made by phasing out coal power and shifting toward more renewable energy, a new report finds


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