Climate change is emerging as a hot topic at this week's Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting taking place in London
UK Climate Minister says government will ask climate watchdog to consider how UK could meet 1.5C Paris target
The breakthrough, spurred by the discovery of plastic-eating bugs at a Japanese dump, could help solve the global plastic pollution crisis
Residents of the Hackney Banister House Estate sent excess solar energy from one housing block to another over encrypted trading platform
More than 100 global firms have now set emissions targets in line with two-degree pathway
Corporate behind household brands Ariel, Oral-B and Gillette sets out raft of new sustainability pledges for 2030
Environmentalists call strategy '20th century response to a 21st century problem'
Prime Minister will urge other nations to join the fight against ocean plastic at a Commonwealth meeting today
Research suggests 1.5 degrees target is within reach even without large-scale use of negative emissions technology - but would require major shift in consumer behaviour
UN-backed Principles of Responsible Investment will provide a secretariat and report services to the TPI in return for data analysis