Global annual spending to protect and restore nature on land needs to triple this decade to about $350 billion by 2030, a UN report said last year.

With many city-dwellers unable to install solar panels, start-ups offer them the opportunity to invest in solar power production elsewhere in return for green electricity credits

The government plan, backed by the World Bank, will support new employment and basic services in parts of India where coal mining is on the decline.

Cities should invest more in expanding green spaces and nurturing natural systems - not just to keep residents healthy and tackle climate-change risks but to boost their economies.

With millions of Afghans at risk of famine following the Taliban’s takeover, sanctions are complicating efforts to send aid and revive the economy.

Nepal and South Africa were close behind, channeling 68% and 66% to big businesses respectively.

Indian police found 19 aborted fetuses dumped in plastic bags in the western state of Maharashtra while they investigated a woman's death after an abortion - uncovering what officials suspect is an inter-state female feticide racket.

Hundreds of people in southeastern Chad are at risk of dying from a worsening hepatitis E outbreak which has killed 11 people since September, medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said on Thursday.

Law enforcement agencies in northern India have rescued at least 160 Nepalis trafficked across the border since two powerful earthquakes struck last year, a senior Indian official said.