How climate change destroys human rights

Environmental destruction caused by people is poised to become the “most massive human rights violation ever”. In a 2012 interview, Oregon State University phil...

Global warming won’t cut winter deaths as hoped

Climate warming would likely not decrease winter mortality, the report suggested more volatile winters Global warming will fail to reduce high winter death rates as some of...

Agroforestry in India: new national policy sets the bar high

Over 1,000 delegates from 80 countries gathered between 10-14 February for the World Congress of Agroforestry. Held in New Delhi, India, the congress brought together leadi...

Climate change modelling in the spotlight after Australia’s hottest year on record

There have always been tough times and lush times”, said the Prime Minister Tony Abbott yesterday when asked about drought and climate change .But the Bureau of Meteo...

Is Climate Change Increasing the Disease Risk for Arctic Marine Mammals?

Climate change is melting Arctic sea ice, leaving animals that depend on it high and dry. Marine mammals like ringed seals have to find new areas to give birth, raise their...

Seriousness of climate situation has yet to sink in nationally

Opinion: We are witnessing a displaced fury against windmills and pylons rather than tackling the real threat to our future

It is tempting to imagine that a sea cha...

Flash flooding mob puts oar in on climate change

Rush hour cars were replaced by rowing boats in Oxford’s flooded Abingdon Road yesterday, as people staged a flotilla to demand a discussion about climate change.

Deaths caused by heat will rise to average of 7,000 a year in 2050

The number of deaths caused by extreme heat in the UK will more than treble by the middle of the century as a result of climate change and population growth, experts have s...

Global warming blamed for recent storms in UK

London: Met Office’s chief scientist suggests that climate change is likely to be a factor in the extreme weather that has hit much of the UK in recent months. Dame J...