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Towns and cities are pushing ahead with ambitious climate policies, even as global collaboration on climate breakdown splinters. One flagship example is the proliferation of bans on advertising for highly polluting companies and products such as fossil fuels, airlines, luxury travel and SUVs.

Two Italian cacti smugglers have been fined for illegally trading plants from Chile – and for the cost of restoring the environment. Conservationists hope more cases will follow

Environment secretary points to measures to stop lake being ‘choked by unacceptable levels’ of pollution

New Zealand ranks third globally in the proportion of ice lost from glaciers. Almost 30% of ice volume has melted during the past 24 years and what remains is disappearing at an accelerating pace, according to a recent global assessment.

Affected roads include vital routes for holidaymakers, including A2 towards Folkestone and parts of A303 and A30

Dealing with PTSD, Merlin Hanbury-Tenison retreated to his family farm in Cornwall. There, working to revive a rare fragment of rainforest, he found a way to heal himself

About 80% of South Africa’s electricity still comes from burning coal. The country’s 108 coal mines have resulted in many communities being forced off their land from the 1970s to date. They have not only lost their homes and land, but have suffered the trauma of their ancestral graves being…

Damaging winds and torrential rains from Alfred continue to wreak havoc across Australia’s Queensland region.

After fears £11m would be diverted to Treasury, money will be spent on restoring areas where penalties issued