Science

UN Secretary-General António Guterres urges nations to consider the costs of economic profit against damage to the environment

The deaths occurred during two severe heatwaves over past two decades, while climate change also caused $9bn of damages in a series of extreme floods, University of Oxford study finds

Taking action to deal with water shortages and pollution will cost $55bn, just a fraction of the cost of failing to act, CDP estimates

Stanley Johnson among group of high profile campaigners calling for government to set a legally-binding nature protection target ahead of pivotal COP15 UN nature talks

Jim Giles explores the deep divisions that are shaping the emerging field of soil-based offsets

UN urges countries to submit tougher climate plans to meet Paris goals and prevent climate catastrophe

Indonesia experienced the lowest deforestation rates in 20 years, the figures from Chain Reaction Research reveal

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's and Sir David Attenborough's addresses to the UN Security Council meeting on climate security

'If we don't act now, when will we act?' asks UK PM as he chairs first ever UN Security Council meeting on climate security

Major report warns society is waging a 'war on nature' and calls for all-society push to combat escalating planetary emergency