Scientists warn a million species at risk of extinction
Only a wide-ranging transformation of the global economic and financial system can pull ecosystems vital to the future of human communities back from the brink of collapse, says landmark report
Scientists warn of grave impacts from loss of natural world
Nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history, warns report endorsed by 130 countries
Arctic nations to meet amid tensions over environment, resources
Countries have been scrambling to claim territory as thawing ice raises the possibility of exploiting much of the world's remaining undiscovered reserves of oil and gas
'Cowardly attack' exposes Colombia activists in firing line
An award-winning Colombian environmentalist and others survived an attack against them involving grenades and gunfire, sparking widespread concern
Egypt expects giant solar park to be fully operational in 2019
The $2 billion project, set to be the world's largest solar installation, has been partly funded by the World Bank
India cyclone kills at least 33, hundreds of thousands homeless
The death toll could have been much greater if not for the massive evacuation in the days before the storm made landfall
Cyclone hits Bangladesh after battering India, mass evacuations save lives
The strongest cyclone to hit India in five years killed at least 12 people - but evacuation of 1.2 million people saved lives
The poorest in Guatemala bear brunt of climate change, research says
Farmers living in poor rural communities are most affected by rising heat and unpredictable rainfall, researchers say
Canadian court rules Trudeau's carbon tax constitutional
Saskatchewan Court of Appeal rejects a challenge from the conservative provincial government, which argued the tax could not be imposed by Ottawa
Teenage climate change protesters target Britain's parliament
Extinction Rebellion orchestrated the biggest civil disobedience protests in Britain in decades last month, blocking iconic London locations, stopping trains, and defacing the Shell building