Science
'Ice-plagued': How I came to be called a 'smart arse' by Andrew Neil
The way we use language matters - no matter what Andrew Neil thinks, it is fair to ask if seas that are meant to be covered by ice can really be called 'ice-plagued'
'Immediate climate benefits': Shell announces methane emissions target
Oil and gas giant unveils new programme to tackle methane emissions, featuring infrared cameras and advanced leak repair technologies
Fashion industry accounts for more than a third of ocean microplastics, report warns
Washing an item of closing made of synthetic textile can release up to 700,000 microscopic fibres in the water
UN: Climate change key factor as 821 million people go hungry
Stark picture emerges of rising global hunger levels as UN report warns climate variability is adversely impacting rainfall and agricultural seasons
Net Zero: CO2 removal technology could make UK carbon neutral by 2050
Royal Academy of Engineering and Royal Society present blueprint for deploying greenhouse gas removal technologies, but urges rapid action to deliver on net zero goals
Massive solar and wind farms could bring vegetation back to the Sahara
New research suggests that renewables could have a greening effect on one of the world's largest deserts
Five ways city living will have to adapt to climate change
Climate science suggests we will suffer more extreme heatwaves in future, so how will our daily lives need to change to cope, asks Hubbub's Trewin Restorick
'Use it or lose it': Climate action could deliver $26tr economic boost
New research predicts efforts to stop dangerous climate change could create 65 million new green jobs and prevent 700,000 premature deaths
Obituary: Former Greenpeace executive director Lord Melchett
'A brave, brilliant and committed environmental campaigner, and a good friend'
Conservation Nation: Bright Blue calls for conservation to be made cross-departmental priority
New essay collection from centre-right think tank urges government to beef up conservation policies
Espinosa: Urgent action needed to avoid 'catastrophic' climate change
As UN climate negotiators gather in Bangkok, UN climate chief Patricia Espinosa calls on governments to urgently step up efforts to meet Paris Agreement goals
Adam Smith Institute: Lab-grown meat could help world tackle climate change
Meat grown in lab would free-up land to feed growing population and significantly reduce CO2 emissions, argues report
20 reasons the UN's carbon offset video was a terrible idea
'Breathe easy'? Really? Is that what you want to go with?
Ukip MEP sparks outrage with report denying human role in climate change
Report blames climate change on cosmic ray fluctuations and sunspot activity, drawing derision from climate scientists
How we keep the lights on through extreme weather
How will energy technologies cope with the extreme weather climate change will bring? IMechE's Matt Rooney investigates
Good news for dolphins? New project to cut noise pollution from offshore turbine installation
Carbon Trust and Fistuca announce major new R&D project to cut costs and biodiversity impacts from offshore wind foundations
Australian leadership spill brings Paris climate exit into play
A challenge against Malcolm Turnbull, triggered by the collapse of a key energy policy, shows an anti-Paris faction is on the rise in Australia's governing party
Anti-pollution activists stage protest at Volkswagen's UK headquarters
Campaigners and doctors set up 'sick bays' to highlight diesel emissions health risks
World is finally waking up to climate change, says 'hothouse Earth' author
Report predicting spiralling global temperatures has been downloaded 270,000 times in just a few days
On glyphosate, bad science, and precautionary principles
Tom Chivers reckons the case for a crackdown on glyphosates is remarkably weak, but it is still a good thing that it is being presented
Questioning capitalism: Jeremy Grantham's analysis drives home the folly of short-term thinking
Updated 'Race of Our Lives' paper is a rallying cry for companies, politicians, and investors to seek a new model of capitalism that engages with the long-term and rejects the 'tyranny of the discount rate'
Grant Thornton joins Science-Based Target drive to slash CO2
UK arm of professional services giant joins Ball Corporation as latest additions to the global emission reduction initiative
UN: Soil health 'essential' to beating climate change and meeting SDGs
UN's agriculture chief warns of hunger danger and climate change struggles unless work is undertaken to boost soil health around the world
The stakes are too high to treat climate change like a Hollywood disaster movie
We need climate heroes to step forward now, not in the final act, argues WWF UK's Gareth Redmond-King
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