Emperor penguin at risk from global warming

Study estimates penguin population in Antarctica to decline by 50 per cent

UN climate change chief urges alma mater to divest from fossil fuels

Swarthmore College has an estimated $139 million in fossil fuel holdings

Oceans Commission proposes eight ways to reverse degradation of high seas

Report calls for urgent global action to save oceans from pollution and acidification

Hit by slime, Caribbean corals at risk of extinction

Loss of algae grazers could wipe out the corals in the next 20 years

Degradation of Amazon rainforest affecting its natural function

Fallout could be linked to increasing droughts

Borneo’s wildlife habitat to shrink by a third in 65 years

Over 30 per cent of island’s mammals likely to become extinct

Full extent of carbon emissions from fossil-fuelled power plants underestimated

Current accounting methods do not consider life-long emissions

World Bank sanctions fund to strengthen fisheries management

Project will initially support four Pacific Island countries

Pastoral community in Kenya at high risk from climate change

Lack of livelihood options makes herders more vulnerable

After hottest May, Earth records hottest June of 21st century

Rise in temperature primarily because of warm ocean waters

World could soon witness ‘historic’ coral die-offs

Severe coral bleaching has been reported across Northern Pacific

Methane time bomb ticks under melting Arctic ice

Global warming releasing large amounts of dangerous greenhouse gas from permafrost

Developing world taps renewable energy at twice the rate of rich countries

China leads the global rank on clean energy; India is placed fourth

Tropics could lose important commercial fish by 2050

Global warming might force fish species to move to cooler waters at the poles

Farmers in Burkina Faso give smart answer to climate change

Adoption of innovative techniques restores 300,000 ha of degraded land

Children make up for 80 per cent of deaths attributed to climate change

But they are the most ignored in the climate change discourse

Australia set for highest temperature rise by century end

Government in denial mode despite repeated warnings

Beef cattle release more greenhouse gases than other livestock

Environmental footprint of beef is bigger than poultry or dairy

East Africa unites with UN, Interpol to curb illegal logging

Global partnership seeks to check deforestation and crossborder illegalities in timber trade

Africa loses more money than it gets in aid

While annual global aid is less than $30 billion, the continent incurs loss of $58 billion every year

Climate change affecting jobs in South Asia

Training in green skills must for youth: report

Environmental degradation draining Pakistan’s economy: survey

Increasing urbanisation is causing air, water pollution

New NASA video shows how carbon dioxide flows in Earth’s atmosphere

Nearly all emissions of the greenhouse gas originate in the Northern Hemisphere

Conflict and food insecurity: Iraq only one among many

Globally, 33 countries, including 26 in Africa, are in need of external assistance due to a combination of conflict, crop failures and high …

Earth has lost half of its ecosystem

Two-thirds of land-based ecosystems must be sustained to support life on the planet, says study