NEWS: Scientists predict a 50% increase this century in the frequency of lightning strikes due to global warming
NEWS: The Clacton constituency of UKIP’s Douglas Carswell is particularly vulnerable to global warming, says local farmer
NEWS: Threatened by shrinking sea ice, bear is one of 31 endangered species to be given greater protection
NEWS: October 31 will be frightfully hot, according to the UK’s Met Office
NEWS: Taller than the Eiffel Tower, the observatory will capture vital data on how climate change is impacting the rainforest
NEWS: Global heat records fall as month by month data from US federal agency indicates world is warming
INTERVIEW: With little hard cash on the table at UN summit, biodiversity champions seek to link up with mainstream agendas
NEWS: Majuro counts cost of latest flooding as 30 ‘Pacific Warriors’ set off for Australia in canoes to highlight concerns
NEWS: Some 400 million people depend on threatened coral reefs for their livelihoods, British scientists warn at UN meeting
NEWS: Warming waters and acidification are steadily degrading the planet’s oceans, says new study
NEWS: Destroying mangrove forests will cost $2 billion a year up to 2050 and contribute to climate change, says UNEP
NEWS: Exploitation, habitat degradation and climate change blamed as numbers of lions, snakes and monkeys plummet
NEWS: Peru’s lead climate negotiator says Ban Ki-moon climate summit will catalyse action such as Norway deal
NEWS: Natural disasters created 22 million refugees in 2013, report finds, warning that climate change could worsen trend
NEWS: Researchers warn that climate change could worsen California droughts by reducing water flow from Sierra Nevada mountains
INTERVIEW: Filipino climate commissioner undertakes seven-day trip across the fragile north, highlighting impacts of global warming
NEWS: Scientists believe Amazon rainforest water loss is the result of continuing deforestation and climate change
NEWS: Foreign demand for agricultural products worth an estimated $61 billion is driving rates of deforestation
INTERVIEW: Veteran UK environmentalist defends industry-backed study that will endorse some forest clearance
NEWS: The biggest threat to Colombian farmers used to be drug-related violence. Now it’s climate change – but biofortified crops offer hope