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Households got through 128 bits of plastic waste in a week on average, up from 99 in similar surveys conducted before lockdown.

Small trees that grow up in drought conditions could form the basis of more drought-resistant rainforests, new research suggests.

Legal experts ClientEarth welcome new Forest Code from the Republic of Congo government.

Lack of access to clean water has during the coronavirus crisis been highlighted in developed countries like the United States in ways not previously noticed.

The government has fundamentally failed to educate the public about its target to reduce carbon emissions to 'net zero' by 2050.

PETA urges parliaments to adopt Research Modernisation Deal as animal experiments fail to provide treatments and vaccines.

How can anyone be proud of killing such magnificent creatures, asks leading primatologist Jane Goodall.

Conservationists welcome 'groundbreaking decision' by government to allow the beavers to remain on the River Otter.

Artists and poets offer voice and visionary direction in the recovery from Covid-19 and in the fight against climate breakdown.

The distance sea turtles, whales and other wildlife might have to move to find more suitable sea temperatures can range from tens to thousands of kilometres.

'BP has woken up to the immediate need to cut carbon emissions this decade.'

Greenpeace is calling on the major food retailer Tesco to halve the amount of meat it sells by 2025 to protect wildlife, the climate and people.

Irish Supreme Court rules that government's National Mitigation Plan must be more ambitious if it is to comply with Ireland’s national and international climate obligations.

We may need to alter how we use land across the world to reduce the risk of future spillovers of infectious diseases, study finds.

The nature in our skies is valuable - for its own sake, for our mental health and for the planet. But it is in a precarious state.