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STOCKHOLM — The world is nowhere near on track to achieve the ambitious temperature goals adopted in the landmark Paris Agreement on...

Very few places on Earth beat the Mediterranean as a holiday destination in the summer. That may all change within a few decades. By...

What more can we do to tackle the challenge of climate change? Is it possible to reverse its impact? Leading scientists and climate...

A short news clip from a New Zealand paper published in 1912 has gone viral as an example of an early news story to make the connection...

A large body of scholarship suggests that climate change could exert grave effects on international politics this century. Planet-wide...

Half of the mass of Eurasia and India is missing, new research finds, and may have been swallowed up by the Earth's mantle. If so, that...

‘This lifts our hopes that the agreement will soon enter into force’ – Secretary-General India has become the latest Commonwealth nation...

The problem is great enough that the UN has warned that microplastics pose a threat to human health, while the US has banned products...

In a report (pdf) released Tuesday (Sept. 27), the World Health Organization (WHO) found that 92% of the earth's population breathes air...

Canada dedicates the Great Bear Rainforest to The Queen's Commonwealth Canopy, a network of forest conservation initiatives throughout...

It's painfully clear that our culture is unfortunately designed around consumption of disposable things, whether it's fashionor...

To combat growing levels of air pollution worldwide, a technology and design team is converting airborne pollutants into consumer safe...

A new toolkit for youth advocates in small island developing states will help young people in the countries most affected by climate...

A jolting truth. You’ll probably still be sipping coffee 30 years from now, but if the world keeps warming at the current pace, expect...

Incredibly, we might actually get a chance at a do-over — of our cities, our fossil fuel dependence, and the social contract with...

Governments should adopt new and creative ways of governing in order to overcome concerns such as climate change and slow economic...

High winds on Sunday were strong enough to power the equivalent of all of Scotland’s electricity needs for the day, according to...

India has decided to put a financial value on its forests: Rs115 trillion, or an astounding $1.7 trillion. This is lower than India’s...

The greening of economies will require a transformation of consumption and production patterns. There is an urgent need to find new ways...

Between 1970 and 2015, shipping accidents have resulted in 6 billion kilograms (13 billion pounds) of oil being released into open water,...