'Ingenuity and technology' key to tackling global warming, says Al Gore
Countries must overcome paralysis on curbing emissions, otherwise "we are headed toward 3- to 4 degree Celsius increase, which is associated with such utter catastrophes"
Turkish hydroelectric dam will leave hundreds homeless
The Ilisu dam has been criticised for water shortages it will create downstream in Iraq
War and drought produce Syria's smallest wheat crop in 30 years -UN
Syria, which used to export wheat, has said it plans to import around 1.5 million tonnes this year.
Court orders Dutch government to do more against climate change
Government must ensure greenhouse gas emissions are at least 25 percent below 1990 levels by the end of 2020
Hurricane Michael takes aim at Florida after fatal flooding in Central America
Tens of thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate
Indonesian islanders fight developer with snorkels and homestays
The community is already contending with the existential threat of climate change but the denial of land rights could strike the deadliest blow
Everyone and everything needed to hold climate line, scientists urge
"We can make choices about how much of each option to choose, but the idea you can leave anything out is impossible"
South Africa's Woolworths to trial plastic bag free store
Supermarkets have come under increased pressure to cut their use of plastic as images of littered oceans and beaches become commonplace
As world warms, 'half a degree' will worsen suffering, scientists say
Many more people will face heatwaves, extreme rainfall and shrinking harvests without unprecedented action, scientists say
Rapid, unprecedented change needed to halt global warming - U.N.
Keeping Earth's temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius would have 'clear benefits to people and natural ecosystems', says flagship scientific report