Forget net-zero: meet the small-nation, carbon-negative club [[link removed]]

Forested Bhutan, Suriname and Panama now absorb more emissions than they produce. Can other countries join them?

Could a small Arab state hold the key to net zero emissions? [[link removed]]

Oman's ample stores of peridotite rock could lock away huge volumes of planet-warming carbon, but backers say a price on carbon is needed to make the project viable

As Madagascar faces climate-linked famine, UN flags need to prepare [[link removed]]

With the African island nation suffering a food crisis driven by drought on a warming planet, WFP says it's an alarm bell on the need to step up protection for vulnerable people

New funding for poor nations' coal exit needs better planning for workers [[link removed]]

Money alone cannot solve the challenges faced in the developing world, where coal-fired electricity still runs nearly half of power grids, energy experts say

With no tickets to COP26 talks, climate activists take to Glasgow streets [[link removed]]

Unable to get passes or tickets to enter the main COP26 venues, Fridays for Future and Extinction Rebellion protesters are raising their voices in other ways

Ensuring indigenous rights seen as key as forest carbon investments grow [[link removed]]

As more companies seek to offset their emissions through forests, indigenous rights must be at the top of the agenda, campaigners say in Glasgow

UNICEF to directly fund Afghan teachers, bypassing Taliban authorities [[link removed]]

Many foreign governments have placed a ban on funding outside of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan

Tackle racism in AI, BLM co-founder tells tech bosses [[link removed]]

"We need tech to truly understand every way it (racism) shows up in the technologies they are developing," says BLM co-founder

Saudi women barrel into workforce in changing kingdom [[link removed]]

The gender pay gap in Saudi Arabia stands at 49% and some employers still ask women for their male guardian's approval during the job hiring process

Clutching graveyard crosses, hundreds protest violence against women in Mexico [[link removed]]

Some 762 women were murdered between January and September this year, a 5% rise from the same period in 2020

South African author Damon Galgut wins Booker Prize [[link removed]]

"It's taken a long while to get here and now that I have, I kind of feel that I shouldn't be here", said South African author Damon Galgut

Opinion OPINION: LGBT+ rights in Poland are at a tipping point [[link removed]]

What is the future of free speech and minority rights in Poland?

OPINION: Facebook deleting facial recognition: Five reasons to take it with a pinch of salt [[link removed]]

Voluntary self-regulation from tech giants is superficial and no replacement for actual legislation

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