ENVIRONMENT

Europe is taking a hardline stance on global warming at the UN climate talks.

Activists warn the U.S. will derail progress at the Climate Change talks in Durban, South Africa, by blocking moves toward a climate change fund.

Environment activists were on the march to save the rainforests.

Dame Vivienne Westwood has pledged £1 million to help tackle climate change.

Qatar will host the Conference of the Parties (COP18) climate change talks in 2012.

The bank ends sponsorship of Climate Week event following claims of “corporate greenwash”.

Firm action is required at the Durban climate talks to prevent increasing global hunger and poverty, Oxfam warns.

The United Nations Climate Change Conference commences in South Africa, where it is hoped a new collective global agreement on climate change will be made.

The ongoing disagreements are likely to a create deadlock during the summit.

The United States is reluctant to sign off on a collective global climate change fund, undermining already tense negotiations ahead of official U.N. climate change conference to begin on Monday in Durban, South Africa.

Angelina Jolie has started a celebrity following for the upcoming climate change conference in Durban, South Africa.

An image of a fearless jackal going for a young lion has been awarded the overall winner of the BBC Wildlife Magazine Camera-trap Photo of the Year 2011 competition.

Inhabitants of the Faroe Islands have taken part in their traditional "grindadrap" - a gruesome hunt for pilot whales.

The "Climategate" controversy over global warming science erupted again on Tuesday, just days ahead of U.N. Climate Change Conference in South Africa.

Europe's natural heritage is showing an alarming decline, according to new research today published by the European Red List, part of the IUCN Red list of Endangered Species.

Greenhouse gases have increased beyond the worst predictions of U.N. climate experts, a new report shows.

Extreme weather will strike as climate change takes hold. Heavier rainfall, storms and droughts could wipe billions off economies and destroy lives, says a report by 100 scientists.

Green Party councillor James Abbott says wealthy countries should fund the multibillion dollar Green Climate Fund.

Rare photos of five species of wild cats, including the endangered Sumatran tiger, have been captured on camera in an Indonesian forest threatened by deforestation.

Durban is implementing a new initiative that supports the local ecosystem and reduces climate change impacts.

Wealthy nations urged to create a global fund to fight to the impacts of severe climate change.

A new island off the coast of El Hierro in the Canary Islands of Spain is forming as an underwater volcano spews magma 20 meters high.

Delegates will meet Sunday and Monday to discuss the impacts of climate change on vulnerable countries.

The IUCN has releases their latest list of endangered and threatened species, showing that two species of rhinos have been poached into extinction.

An ongoing summit organised by the Met Office bids to showcase how its latest technical innovations can boost the hunt for clean and sustainable energy options and sources.

The International Energy Agency has warned that if fossil fuel infrastructure is not radically and rapidly re-thought, the world will 'lose for ever' the chance to avoid devastating climate change.

At least seven people are dead and dozens are still trapped in collapsed buildings following a magnitude 5.6 earthquake that struck eastern Turkey, less than three weeks after a previous 7.2 magnitude quake killed 600 people in the same area.

Manchester United, Ofgem, Asda, Scottish Power and Center Parcs are among the top 100 names in the performance league table published by the Environment Agency under its Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy (CRC) Efficiency Scheme.

Two male penguins at the Toronto Zoo who are showing signs of mating behaviour and pair bonding are to be separated so they can breed.