Green Climate Fund stepping up on 'loss and damage', head says

With few other options to channel money to pay for growing climate losses, will the Green Climate Fund take a larger role?

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Political heat is on for 2020 climate deadline after lukewarm Madrid talks

Britain faces political heavy-lifting to make a success of next year's make-or-break summit in Scotland, analysts warn

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Indigenous groups rally to protect Latin America's threatened forests

From Guatemala to Peru, forest communities are coming together to find ways to more effectively prevent deforestation

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In storm-hit Yemen, 'sin' is blamed for surging climate losses

Civil-war-torn Yemen faces vast challenges - but more severe weather - and a shortage of funding to deal with it - is making life even harder

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Swipe right for climate action: Gen Z daters seek a green love match

Tinder survey shows young users are looking for matches who share their commitment to activism, including on climate change

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Removable solar panels boost storm readiness in Dominica

As the Caribbean island aims to become fully "climate resilient", a volunteer effort is keeping health centres operating - with clean energy

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Colombia's Amazon forest gets boost with $366 million protection fund

As Brazil's government pulls back on forest protection, European money to preserve forests flows to Colombia

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Push for climate-damage fund set to fall flat at UN talks

Aid experts and some poorer nations had hoped Madrid talks would back a new financing facility to repair harm from climate change - but it appears to be off the table

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Indonesia urged to follow 'game-changer' Malaysia on palm oil maps

Making palm oil plantation maps publicly available could make it easier to monitor who is responsible for fires and deforestation

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Young U.S. Republicans defy party to fight climate change

Young Conservatives for Carbon Dividends have called for laws to tax oil, natural gas and coal producers of planet-warming greenhouse gases

Leaders 'criminally negligent' if they ignore climate science, says Al Gore

But greater evidence of climate-driven disasters is leading to wider demand for action in the United States, the former vice president says

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U.N. climate talks have 'failed the people', activists say

As talks drag on into a day of overtime, climate change activists say they fear an outcome tilted towards the interests of powerful polluters

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I need a break, says globetrotting Greta

"We must make sure that 2020 is the year of action, is the year when we bend the global emissions curve," the young star climate activist tells a youthful crowd in Italy

'Forgotten crisis' as drought displaces hundreds of thousands of Ethiopians

Worsening drought is leaving pastoralists saying they have no hope for the future

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Dry man of Europe, Poland strives to save water

Poland - hit by back-to-back droughts - is on a mission to save water and end its reputation as dry man of Europe

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Saving Indonesians from climate disasters, one social media post at a time

Indonesia suffers hundreds of natural disasters every year

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Remote island off East Timor turns sunlight, air into drinking water

Innovative scheme uses solar power to suck water out of the air to provide a small community with a renewable supply of drinking water

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OPINION: For farmers, climate change brings a winter of discontent, especially in Africa

Our farmers in East Africa are currently reeling from wild swings in extremes, from yet another drought followed by intense rains

OPINION: At the life-or-death edge of climate change, we all have to take action

With ambitious efforts on climate adaptation and climate-smart development, we could reduce the number of people needing help

OPINION: Business is stepping up on climate change

More than 740 companies have committed to set emissions reduction targets in line with the Paris Agreement.