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Michael Gove says UK must show leadership on climate but then downplays suggestion he could lead COP26 conference. 'Happy with job I have.'

The worldwide impact of declining natural assets from forests to fisheries could cost £368 billion a year.

Amazon, BlackRock and owner of Versace among 242 leading companies and financial institutions which fail to recognise responsibility to act on deforestation.

Climate change takes centre stage at Cambridge Science Festival.

UK’s first post-subsidy community solar farm completed.

The blockade of a Russian landfill site inspired a nationwide movement against plans to export garbage to poorer and less populated areas in the Russian hinterlands.

PM has 'dubious honour of being this century's largest destroyer of ancient woodlands in the UK.'

A quarter of 94 sports grounds across five UK cities exceeded World Health Organisation recommended limits for PM2.5 particles, nitrogen dioxide.

The Animal Health and Welfare Board of England demonstrates the capture of animal welfare regulation by the farming industry.

Young change makers set sail for the UN climate conference in Bonn.

Cumbrian campaign group granted permission for judicial review of county council’s approval of coal mine.

Damning UN investigation condemns WWF flagship project in Congo and reveals massive scale of abuse.

Every colony surveyed on Elephant Island has seen numbers of breeding pairs drop since the last survey in 1971.

More than 13.4 million English households currently do not get their kitchen scraps picked up separately from the black bin rubbish.

Global campaign demands that waters beyond national jurisdictions are safeguarded for future generations.