Investment and jobs are promised, but some fear the environmental price is too high

Climate change is allowing agriculture to boom

Climate change will bring greater extremes in weather, the Government's outgoing chief scientific adviser has warned as he called for urgent action to tackle global warming.

Report claims that by the year 2100 the earth will see temperatures not seen since the dawn of civilisation

The loss if sea ice in the Arctic will allow ships to navigate freely across the North Pole by the middle of the century and could lead to unprecedented geo-political tensions between countries that have territorial claims in the region, scientists said.

Worldwide concerns about climate change have dropped dramatically since 2009

The waste heat generated by large cities can affect temperatures in areas hundreds of miles away by changing wind patterns in the upper atmosphere, a study has found.

Audit trail reveals that donors linked to fossil fuel industry are backing global warming sceptics

Behind the climate 'countermovement' are two billionaire brothers

Glaciers in the Andes have shrunk by up to 50 per cent since the 1970s, and some could disappear altogether, a study warns.

Michael McCarthy on the inaugural speech that could herald a new era in the fight against global warming

TV naturalist Sir David Attenborough has warned that human beings have become a “plague on the Earth”.

Mobile phones fitted to trees in an attempt to tackle illegal logging and deforestation

Expert warns that Doha agreement to wait until 2020 to tackle global warming is a mistake

The botanist, 80 this week, says the end of his TV career was caused by his views on climate change. Paul Cahalan meets David Bellamy