Ugandan entrepreneurs cook up eco-friendly dryer to cut food waste

An affordable machine to dry fruit and vegetables helps farmers stop harvests spoiling and uses green briquettes made from waste

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Climate champion Greta Thunberg plans to set sail for Americas on zero-carbon trip

Swedish teen will head to the United States by boat to push decision-makers at key summits to step up climate action

Innovation rush aims to help farmers, rich and poor, beat climate change

Researchers are putting their heads together to find new high-tech ways for farmers to adapt to a hotter world, wherever they live

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Cameroon conflict turns climate-stressed farmers into 'food beggars'

Environmentalists say the crisis has brought many projects intended to help farmers fight climate change to a standstill

Bangladesh tries new way to aid flood-hit families: cash up front

Money in advance of an expected disaster can give vulnerable people resources to avoid the worst losses, backers say

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Many U.S. cities cannot measure climate emissions progress - report

Cities account for two-thirds of the world's energy demand and 70% of energy-related emissions

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Britons care more about climate change than Brexit, survey shows

Seven in 10 British adults believe climate change matters more in the long term than quitting the EU, says a poll commissioned by Christian Aid

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Act now to avert disaster in drought-hit East Africa, aid agencies say

More than 15 million people across the Horn of Africa are struggling to access basics such as food and water after poor rainy seasons destroyed their crops

Activist Greta Thunberg releases climate track with UK band as heatwave stuns Britain

The 16-year-old activist has become one of the leading voices in the climate debate

Cancelled races, fainting players: Climate change turns up heat on sports

As the planet heats up, competing in - or even watching - many outdoor sports is becoming increasingly challenging

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Indonesians hope 'milestone' ruling will dampen haze-fire risks

Supreme Court verdict raises pressure on government to meet its obligation to protect citizens from health impacts of forest fires

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SPECIAL REPORT-A Cloudspotters' Guide to Climate Change

Clouds block sunlight, but scientists expect them to change in a way that lessens this effect as the world warms, so the planet heats up even more - by how much remains uncertain

Think the heatwave was bad? Climate already hitting key tipping points

Given the uncertain prospects for international cooperation to stabilise the climate, some are starting to steel themselves for the unravelling of the world they once knew

Global warming dwarfs climate variations of past 2,000 years -study

The study crunched data covering two millennia from almost 700 sources ranging from tree rings to ice cores

Pray and protect: faith saves forests of Cambodia

The project is the largest community-managed forest conservation site in Cambodia, benefitting nearly 4,000 people in six villages

Global warming reshapes almanac for tea growers in China's Yunnan

Tea pickings this year have been slim at Nannuoshan, one of six major pu'er mountains in Yunnan, where the hottest weather and lowest rainfall in decades have lowered output

Flip-flops to building blocks: Ivory Coast uses plastic waste to build classrooms

The factory will be the first of its kind in Africa and aims to produce enough plastic bricks to build 500 classrooms by 2021

OPINION: European Investment Bank makes a big shift away from oil and gas

In a new draft policy, the bank pledges to ditch the funding of fossil infrastructure projects by the end of next year

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OPINION: Sound environmental governance key to maximizing potential of Horn of Africa détente

The international community must shift far more towards the long-term view, rather than the band aid of emergency support in the face of conflict and natural disasters

OPINION: ‘Even crocodiles were displaced' in Malawi's floods

Loss of forests is making floods more devastating in Malawi - but efforts to replant trees on farmland could help