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The kids are alright
James Murray reflects on school strikes, theories of change, and vegan sausage rolls
Crisis? What crisis? That crisis. That crisis there.
James Murray reflects on a dispiriting and inspiring day, as IPPR declares #ThisIsACrisis
Climate and economic risks 'threaten 2008-style systemic collapse'
Environmental and social problems could interact in global breakdown, report says
Plummeting insect numbers 'threaten collapse of nature'
Exclusive: Insects could vanish within a century at current rate of decline, says global review
Climate resilience: Government cuts ribbon on £67m Ipswich tidal barrier
Floods Minister Dr Thérèse Coffey opens new flood defences designed to protect more 1,600 homes and 400 businesses from escalating climate risks
Brexit could be good for UK environment, says top government adviser
Dieter Helm says withdrawal from common agricultural policy could safeguard natural world
Russia reviews ratification of Paris Agreement
A report on formally joining the climate deal is due for completion by the end of the month, while a key industry lobby has reversed its opposition
Climate change could leave Britain going hungry
The threat climate change poses to Britain's food producers is yet another reason to act on emissions, argues WWF's Gareth Redmond-King
So you went vegan in January - now what?
King's College London's Sophie Medlin argues there no rules to following a plant-based diet
EU proposes ban on 90 per cent of microplastic pollutants
European Chemicals Agency draft law aims to cut 400,000 tonnes of plastic pollution
Agency protecting English environment reaches 'crisis point'
Natural England struggling to protect important sites after suffering budget cuts
UN security council members mount new push to address climate threat
UK, France lead push to set up UN 'clearing house' to identify climate-stressed regions at risk of collapsing into conflict
'Each year's CO2 is higher than the last': Flurry of reports raise fresh alarms over soaring global emissions
Met Office warns concentrations of atmospheric greenhouse gas emissions are set to rise sharply, as major new reports warn world is running out of time to avert dangerous levels of warming
Is 2019 the year of the climate conscious diet?
Hubbub's Trewin Restorick argues if growing interest in planet friendly diets can be harnessed to drive real change in consumption patterns
Greenland's ice melting faster than scientists previously thought - study
The pace of ice loss has increased four-fold since 2003 as enormous glaciers are depositing ever larger chunks of ice into the Atlantic ocean, where it melts, causing sea levels to rise
Davos elite looks to 'Globalisation 4.0' to stem climate change
Business leaders say the next wave of globalisation must create social benefits as well as provide technical solutions to climate change
Bringing SDG3 to life: Inside AstraZeneca's healthy, clean energy drive
AstraZeneca is focusing on SDG3 through projects that target prevention of ill health, but its initiatives promise multiple co-benefits, including for the environment
'Sleepwalking into catastrophe': Why the world needs to wake up to the climate threat
Switch off the news and start worrying about the big picture problems, writes Madeleine Cuff
Brazil downgrades climate diplomacy in Bolsonaro shake-up
Environment made subservient to 'national sovereignty' in a foreign ministry restructure under climate sceptic Ernesto Araújo
WHO compares palm oil industry lobbying to tobacco and alcohol
Explosive study suggests there are 'many parallels' between tactics used by palm oil industry and tobacco and alcohol lobby
Why climate change is going to clobber our economy
Bob Keefe of Environmental Entrepreneurs argues the new US Congress needs to wake up fast to the economic crunch that awaits as climate impacts escalate
'Severe and costly': 2018 clocks in $160bn worth of extreme weather damages
Annual natural disaster report from Munich Re rates 2018 as the fourth costliest year since 1980
Global Emissions: A case of good news, and potentially catastrophic news
Latest data confirms biggest rise in US emissions in eight years, but separate report shows greenhouse gases from Scottish industry have hit a 10 year low
Universities warn of no-deal Brexit threat to UK climate research
Groups representing more than 150 UK universities tell MPs crashing out of EU without a deal would compromise vital research links
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