Content is free to use but usage restrictions apply. Please visit our FAQ for conditions of use. If you click download/embed, you acknowledge that you have read and will respect the terms of use.
Ahead of the COP26 summit kicking off in Glasgow, AFP rounds up national pledges to reduce carbon emissions as the UN warns the world is on course toward a "catastrophic" warming of 2.7C by 2100
The Covid-19 pandemic continued to pick up speed this week in Europe, but also declined in other regions of the world. Here is the global state of play based on an AFP database.
The aviation sector is facing a great dilemma: How can it fulfil its ambition of doubling passenger numbers while meeting its goal of reducing its massive greenhouse gas emissions?
The United Nations COP26 summit in Glasgow will task world leaders with turning ambitions to restrain global heating into the actions needed to slash greenhouse gas emissions
France and Britain are at loggerheads over fishing rights in the Channel, with a row over the politically sensitive industry causing a major diplomatic flare up. What's behind the Franco-British fishing row?
Leaders may be going into the UN climate summit in Glasgow with the do-or-die goal of limiting global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius, but breaching that cap is not what keeps scientists awake at night
Britain has repeatedly trumpeted its mass vaccination programme against Covid-19, so why are infection rates so high compared to its European neighbours?