Humanity hits the eight billion mark
A baby born somewhere on Earth has become the world's eight billionth person, according to a projection by the United Nations
‘Threat multiplier’: How climate change affects health
Deadlier than Covid, or even rivalling cancer? Researchers have been increasingly attempting to calculate the effect climate change will have on health if the world does not act quickly to reduce carbon emissions.
The Poisoning of Alexei Navalny – Episode 5: Exile
He is Vladimir Putin’s most outspoken opponent but Alexei Navalny is now languishing in a Russian prison. What does the future hold for Russia and for its opposition?
The Poisoning of Alexei Navalny – Episode 3: Hi, it’s Navalny!
Facing certain imprisonment, Alexei Navalny returns to Russia. AFP was with him on the plane, but who is this man some call a hero and others denounce as a nationalist or Western agent?
The Poisoning of Alexei Navalny – Episode 2: Novichok
A “kiss of death” is what Alexei Navalny says he felt on board a plane over Siberia. But how was he poisoned and by whom?
How climate summit pledges may, or may not, affect heating
After a week of grand announcements from nations promising to accelerate the decline of fossil fuels, where do the pledges made at the COP26 climate summit put projected emissions?
Slashing methane emissions key for keeping Earth cool
The pledge taken at the COP26 climate talks to slash emissions from methane by 30 percent before 2030 could help cap global warming at liveable levels, but key emitters are missing, experts say
Not good enough: National climate pledges
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
Fly more, pollute less — the great aviation conundrum
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?
Digital technology: friend or foe against climate change?
Could digital technology be part of the solution to climate change, as well as the problem?