Science
Novozymes launches HelloScience platform to spark bright ideas on global challenges
New online network will bring together innovators, start-ups, and companies to find solutions to global challenges such as water scarcity, biotechnology giant claims
Are you a #climateoptimist? Blue Chips back global campaign to highlight climate solutions
The Climate Group and Futerra kick off new campaign to encourage individuals and firms to promote mechanisms for tackling climate change
Ambitious 1.5C Paris climate target is still possible, new analysis shows
Goal to limit warming to 1.5C to avoid the worst impacts of climate change was seen as unreachable, but updated research suggests it could be met if strong action is taken
PwC: UK leads G20 in clean growth
UK is decarbonising at a faster rate than other G20 countries, say analysts
What Hurricane Harvey says about risk, climate and resilience
What does the latest climate disaster to hit the US tell us about the need for improved risk management?
FCO climate headcount down 60 per cent since 2011, FOI reveals
Freedom of Information request reveals number of UK-based Foreign Office staff working on climate change has fallen from 554 to 221 over the last six years
Breakthrough in algae production could usher in desert farming, claim scientists
Researchers from Abu Dhabi and the UAE pioneer new strain of algae that can thrive in ultra-bright desert environments - opening the door for algal farming in the Middle East
Electricity demand in southern Europe to soar with air con - scientists
Study predicts power consumption to rise with hotter temperatures, increasing need for renewable sources, while northern Europe's demand may fall
Could better understanding of climate science land more businesses in court?
Increased ability to foresee climactic events is in turn heightening the need for businesses and governments to manage risk and harm, according to a new scientific paper
Seven in ten Brits accept human activity causes climate change
But Censuswide poll found 13 per cent - the equivalent of 8.5 million British people - are climate sceptics, particularly in the East Midlands
Another US agency deletes references to climate change on government website
The term 'climate change' was changed to simply 'climate' on website of the National Institutes of Health, the world's leading public health research body
Report: Policymakers must incentivise carbon capture to hit Paris targets
Governments must decide who is responsible for capturing carbon and incentivise the technology's adoption on a 'gigatonne scale', warn Norwegian scientists
Leaked report reveals evidence of climate change impact 'abounds' in the US
New York Times reveals government report lays bare impact of climate change across US, but scientists fear Trump administration may suppress it
The state of the planet is scary - But that's just the start
Scaring people is only the first step in driving climate action - we have to then show people how to channel their fear, argues David Powell from the New Economics Foundation
All in: We need more climate optimism, here's how to generate it
The debate about communicating apocalyptic climate risks misses the point - the only way to combat terrifying environmental warnings is by committing fully to climate action
Scientists create food from electricity and CO2
With climate change diminishing the nutritional value of agricultural crops, scientists are making headway with lab protein that can be produced anywhere
Is the public finally waking up to the climate threat?
New poll shows 61 per cent of people globally see climate change as a 'major threat', as engagement with climate risks continues to climb
Planet has just 5% chance of reaching Paris climate goal, study says
Researchers find that economic, emissions and population trends point to very small chance Earth will avoid warming more than 2C by century's end
Tuna giant Thai Union pledges to fish more sustainably
The world's largest tuna company has responded to criticism of its practices, but does the new plan hold water?
Met Office: 2016 was UK's 13th warmest year in more than a century
Met Office's annual State of the Climate report suggests trends towards warmer temperatures in the UK are continuing
Met Office warns England is at high risk of 'unprecedented' rainfall
One-in-three chance of at least one region in England and Wales breaking monthly rainfall record each winter, raising flooding fears
Inaction on climate change risks leaving future generations $530 trillion in debt
BECCS technologies have been touted as a means of avoiding the worst impacts of climate change, but as James Dyke argues the costs of deployment would likely be gargantuan in scale
BP fires up carbon offset scheme with green gas and clean cookstoves
New additions to oil giant's 'Target Neutral' offsetting scheme are expected to offset 2.5 million tonnes of CO2 every year
Study: Smaller families, fewer flights, and greener diets promise biggest carbon cuts
Having one fewer child is the biggest emissions-saving an individual can deliver, according to new study
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