One of India's holiest rivers was coated with toxic foam on Monday, adding to the woes of New Delhi residents already enduring a blanket of thick smog over the capital.

The fin whale, weighing around 15 tonnes, apparently beached itself after getting injured, a rare phenomenon in the area.

Environmental activists have expressed disappointment over Indonesian officials’ criticism of a global pledge to end deforestation by 2030 made at the ongoing United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, the United Kingdom.

More than 40 countries pledged to eliminate coal use within decades during the COP26 UN climate summit in Glasgow, which aims to cap the warming of Earth since the Industrial Revolution to between 1.5 and 2.0 degrees Celsius.

Tens of thousands came to Glasgow Saturday as part of worldwide demonstrations against what campaigners say is a failure of crunch UN climate talks to act fast enough to tame global warming.

Alileche left a successful career in graphic design and moved to the Algerian countryside to produce "magic potion" -- organic olive oil that has won him international recognition.

The protest came days after Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar criticised a global plan to end deforestation by 2030 and cut carbon emissions as unfair and at odds with the country's development plans.

As thousands of delegates converged at the COP26 summit in Glasgow, three youth activists around the world spoke candidly of their experience of climate anxiety.

Across South Africa, thousands of "reclaimers" are helping the country recycle.

The government of Brazil, much criticized for its environmental policies, said Monday it would cut 2005-level greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030.

Johnson will host more than 120 leaders in Glasgow early next week, before the UN meeting spends a fortnight tackling the grinding work of deciding how to limit temperature rises to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

Nearly 200 people have died in floods and landslides in India and Nepal, with whole families buried in their homes and two young girls swept away as forecasters warned of yet more heavy rain.

"Big John", 66 million years old and the largest triceratops skeleton ever unearthed at eight metres long, goes up for auction in Paris. 

Asia-Pacific accounts for about three-quarters of global coal consumption -- even as the region struggles with the environmental and public health impacts of global warming, from deadly levels of air pollution in India to extreme heatwaves and wildfires in Australia. 

Focus on local food systems enables more accurate mapping of critical and vulnerable events and rapid interventions to manage food emergencies that often can be resolved locally.

While the Russian president was notorious for years for his scepticism about man-made global warming, he has changed tune in recent months.

As the days count down to COP26, a virtual public discussion of diplomats in Jakarta has concurred that the time is nigh for parties to the Paris Accords to stop haggling and finalize the mechanism for international emissions trading.

Up to 131,000 gallons of crude could have leaked into the Pacific Ocean on the west coast of the United States when a pipeline ruptured at the weekend.

Coral reefs -- often dubbed the "rainforests of the oceans" -- are under threat everywhere as rising sea temperatures and acidification cause catastrophic "bleaching" events.

New features will provide users with ways to help in the effort, whether it be driving routes that result in less exhaust being spewed from cars or shopping online for energy-efficient appliances.

The US Coast Guard, heading a clean-up response involving federal, state and city agencies, said on Sunday there was an around-the-clock investigation into how the spill occurred.

Only about 10 families, out of 200 who once lived there, are still in their homes. The village once was buoyant and loud; now, it's dead quiet.

The Right Livelihood Award recognises environmental and international development achievements skipped by the traditional Nobels.

DiCaprio has bought an unspecified stake in Aleph Farms and Mosa Meat, two companies developing protein products grown from cow cells -- an emerging area in the growing alternative meat market.

With no signs of an extension of the oil palm concession moratorium, environmentalists are worried that the 2020 Job Creation Law and the implementing regulations that are supposed to supplant the ban might run counter to its original spirit, by giving amnesty to plantations in forest areas.

The moratorium, enacted by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo three years ago required government agencies to stop granting new licenses for palm oil concessions and to review existing ones every three years.

It will be six months on Sunday that Reykjavik's volcanic eruption first began, making it the longest Iceland has witnessed in more than 50 years.

The petitioners in fact took action – and took the risks – on behalf of the silent majority who shared the same cause but lacked the guts, time and energy to fight for their basic right.

Ruling on a citizen lawsuit on Thursday, judges found senior officials were culpable in failing to prevent, monitor and control unhealthy pollution levels in and around the capital.

The comments, made in an open letter to state-controlled BoC's chairman Liu Liange and signed by groups from 13 countries in Asia, Africa and Europe, add to the growing criticism of China for financing coal-fired power stations overseas, especially as part of its Belt and Road Initiative.