Polyester from pollution? Fashion's next generation goes green
From clothes sculpted from mushroom tendrils to algae coatings on garments that absorb carbon dioxide, fashion is getting a remake
Global CO2 emissions show biggest ever drop in first half of 2020
The 8.8% reduction represents largest ever fall in emissions over the first half of the year, larger than for any economic downturn, research shows
Europe plans greener buildings to cut emissions, fight poverty
Europe plans to launch a wave of green building renovations to tackle climate change and energy poverty
Troops, helicopters hunt for survivors after deadly Vietnam landslides
The Red Cross has warned that nearly one million people in central Vietnam could be severely affected by floods
Australia's Great Barrier Reef might lose ability to recover from warming
Reef has lost more than half its coral in last three decades and may struggle to bounce back from bleaching events
Wildfire threat intensifying across California, officials say
Gusty winds in California's north and extreme heat in its south are creating conditions that could fan wildfires that began earlier in summer as well as spark new ones
Bored with your flat pack furniture? - IKEA will buy it back
IKEA says 'Buy Back' initiative was part of its aim to become fully circular and climate positive business by 2030
Indian activists oppose plans to make Goa a coal transport hub
Locals and activists have been protesting against expansion of a highway, railway and power transmission network, saying they cut through ecologically sensitive areas
COVID-19 is a wake-up call to invest in resilience
Failing to plan for climate change will be similarly damaging and costly
OPINION: The pandemic shows why we need to take risk seriously
Risk left unmanaged soon turns to disaster, as with the COVID-19 crisis - governments must act on their commitments to stop this happening