Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg said on Tuesday it was OK for some members of the French parliament to ignore her and other children's warnings about global warming but she implored them to listen to scientists.

Mimika and Asmat regencies in West Papua will host events for the International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem on July 26.

As countries around the world try to cut down on throw-away plastic shopping bags, Bangladesh is hoping to cash in on an alternative: plastic-like bags made from jute, the plant fiber used to produce burlap bags.

Jakarta is scrambling to reduce the city’s air pollution through the various means available, although their effectiveness remains questionable.

His expedition is also his way of celebrating Independence Day and the reelection of Jokowi. 

Thousands of daytrippers jostled for selfie space and elbowed their way to the sea at a popular north Vietnam beach over the weekend, with extra vigilant lifeguards watching worriedly over the summer surge.

One of the banners used during the protest was emblazoned with the words “Jokowi, help us. Reject the proposal for a mining road traversing the remaining forest area in South Sumatra-Jambi borders”.

The Supreme Court has ruled that President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, his Cabinet ministers and regional administrations were guilty of failing to control wildfires on Sumatra and in Kalimantan in 2015 and therefore ordered them to build a lung hospital and provide free health care for survivors.

Panama became the first Central American nation to ban single-use plastic bags to try to curb pollution on its beaches and help tackle what the United Nations has identified as one of the world's biggest environmental challenges.

Indonesia’s problem of plastic waste pollution is not the result of the occasional rogue foreign shipment. It is caused mainly by each one of us, the hundreds of millions of convenience-minded consumers who have become so used to buying cosmetics, household detergents, water, eggs in boxes and packaged food in single-use packaging. #commentary

The United States is bracing for a weekend of extremely hot weather, with major cities including New York and Washington expecting temperatures close to or exceeding 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius).

Mankind's destruction of nature is driving species to the brink of extinction at an "unprecedented" rate, the leading wildlife conservation body warned Thursday as it added more than 7,000 animals, fish and plants to its endangered "Red List".

An area in southern France in June recorded the country's first ever 46 degree temperature, the French state weather service said on Friday, revising up the country's all-time record reached in last month's heatwave.

"People need to know that their old electronics must not be carelessly disposed of as they are considered hazardous and toxic waste."

Governments could stop the West Antarctic Ice Sheet from sliding into the ocean and submerging coastal cities by launching a last-ditch engineering project to blanket its surface with "artificial snow".

As Southeast Asia grapples with massive tides of rubbish hitting its beaches, a Cambodian coffee shop owner is looking to build a business out of some of this waste as a way to promote sustainability.

Go-Food says more than 750 outlets in Greater Jakarta, Bandung, Surabaya and Bali have joined its initiative to cut down on single-use cutlery and plastic bags.

Before being colonized by the Vikings, Iceland was lush with forests but the fearsome warriors razed everything to the ground and the nation is now struggling to reforest the island.

Political leaders in Indonesia can be the nation’s president for a maximum 10 years by law. Climate leaders, however, have no term limits; there is no end to their work. #opinion

The government is demanding local administrations to clear the lake to boost tourism

Diners in some upmarket restaurants will soon be able to tuck into laboratory-grown steak, thanks to an Israeli startup that seeks to tap into consumer concerns about health, the environment and animal welfare.

On July 1, Shanghai launched China's most ambitious garbage separation and recycling program ever, as the country confronts a rising tide of trash created by increasing consumption.

Sharks -- the sea's top predators for millions of years -- are at risk of disappearing from the Mediterranean as overfishing and plastic pollution choke populations of the endangered hunters.

A range of British music artists, labels and studios banded together Friday to declare a climate and ecological emergency and pledged to rethink their environmental impact.

The record level of Jakarta’s air pollution of 240 as measured by the Air Quality Index (AQI) on June 25 is a strong warning regarding our pledges to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 29 percent by 2030 independently, or 41 percent with international assistance, as stated by our National Determined Contribution (NDC).

Thousands of universities around the world on Wednesday declared a "climate emergency" and committed themselves with the United Nations to fighting climate change, in an effort to mobilize their students.

More than 300 women will join a round-the-world voyage launching in October to highlight the devastating impact of plastic pollution in the oceans and conduct scientific research into the escalating crisis.

By the year 2050, London's climate will resemble Madrid's today; Paris will be more like Canberra; Stockholm like Budapest and Moscow like Sofia, according to a new analysis published Wednesday that relied on optimistic projections.

Listening to climate change activists, one gets the impression that we could transition to a fossil fuel-free world in the near future. Besides the virtual impossibility of quickly moving away from coal, oil and natural gas, the source of 85 percent of global primary energy, we need to ask, do we really want to do this? #opinion

Indonesia has a major marine debris problem on its hands. It has held a reputation as being the second-biggest marine polluter in the world, responsible for around 200,000 tons of plastic waste per year, as reported in a 2015 study by Jenna Jambeck.