Environment

Climate change needs to be a key part of the agenda. Eliminating HFCs – the topic of a previous breakthrough – is a good place to start.

Himalayan glaciers disappeared 65 percent faster since 2010 than in the previous decade. Reduced snow cover due to global warming will result in reduced fresh water for people living downstream. 

As the cyclone moved toward landfall, thousands of people were at risk in Pakistan's Sindh province.

Toyota's chairman, Akio Toyoda, and other company officials defended their green record.

Clearing out entrenched corruption – abetted by an autocratic system in which the roads that are paved are those the president walks on – is a monumental task. 

Experts say climate change is leading to an increase in cyclones in the Arabian Sea region.

Cyclone Biparjoy is forecast to make landfall on Thursday, with its trajectory aiming at Pakistan's southern Sindh province and the coastline of the western Indian state of Gujarat. 

Japan is very carefully shaping the narrative around its release of radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean.

Unless countries remain committed to enforce adequate oversight and protection of the oceans that they depend on, it would be inconceivable for their blue economies to stay afloat.

Hoan Thi Minh Hong is the fifth environmental activist to be arrested for evading taxes over the past two years.

India’s new national electricity plan is hailed by energy experts as a positive step for a country that is currently reliant on coal for around 75 percent of its electricity.