Pay more tax to fight climate change? British district puts it to the vote
A local authority will ask residents if they will back a tax hike to fund climate measures from electric car chargers to greener social housing
EU planning carbon border measures ‘as soon as possible’
The EU is facing calls to hurry through planned measures that protect its industries from cheaper, but more polluting, rivals
Rainforest Alliance to bolster cocoa certification programme after blunders
The organisation said it would strenthen the scheme after a report found certified farms were using child labour or based in protected forests
INTERVIEW-Women key to solving climate crisis, says Ugandan school striker
The student is calling for climate victims to help find solutions after learning her own family were among those impacted by a rapidly warming world
Climate protesters dress as canaries outside north England coal mine
Around 500,000 tonnes of coal are due to be mined there before the project's completion in 2021
Brazil Environment Ministry fires top climate change officials
The right-wing government has previously reduced the emphasis on global warming within the environment ministry and installed several climate sceptics in key posts
Climate activists jubilant as expansion of Britain's Heathrow Airport blocked
Campaigners hail judgement barring London's Heathrow Airport expansion on environmental grounds
ANALYSIS-Governments face pressure to protect nature in biodiversity 'super year'
Green groups hope 2020 will see countries commit to a 'Paris agreement for nature' which offers a chance to halt shocking declines in animal and plant life
OPINION: Drought-hit Barbados aims for one million trees to mitigate climate impact
Barbados, grappling with its worst dry season in decades, is among several Commonwealth countries encouraging tree-planting
BoE's Carney urges City of London to step up ahead of climate summit
Bank of England Governor Mark Carney says changing business models to achieve net zero emissions "will turn an existential risk...into the greatest commercial opportunity of our time"