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Can the UK government really lead Britain to zero carbon by 2050 - and is that soon enough?

Jean-Claude Junker said he does not support raising the bloc’s 2030 climate goal, days before EU leaders are expected to discuss climate ambition.

Japan's climate legislation is heavy on tech, and light on any plans to tackle its coal dependency.

The American chestnut is being used as a PR tool for winning over public opinion on the use of biotechnology as a 'tool of conservation'.

Centre for Alternative Technology calls on UK and devolved Governments to create a Climate Emergency Action Plan targeting 2040 at the latest.

Scientists are increasingly concerned about what climate breakdown could mean for the spread of disease.

The major UK supermarkets and food companies have signed a pledge to help halve food waste by 2030.

Gore. Blair. Obama. Miliband. And now May. Why is spouting hot air about climate change the last refuge of failed, compromised politicians?

Entrances to National Portrait Gallery blocked by performance activists, preventing guests from entering the gallery.

Confusion reigns as UN Environment publishes, then retracts, an article criticising the use of carbon credits to make up for polluting activities.

Burning toxic electronic waste fills the air of Ghana's capital city with dangerous and nauseating dioxins.

Thousands take up challenge to go wild every day in June.

Call to ‘act local’ to stop plastics entering the UK’s rivers and canals & ending up in the world’s oceans.

'Today, it's us trying to stop the fossil fuel industry from wrecking our children's future. Tomorrow, it should be the government.'

Support the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve's call to Pledge for Nature! – a new local initiative to galvanise community action for nature’s recovery.