environment
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Climate change threatens ability of insurers to manage riskExtreme weather is driving up uninsured losses and insurers must use investments to fund global warming resilience, says study
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London mayor to double funding to tackle air pollutionCampaigners hail announcement that funding for air quality measures will rise to £875m over the next five years
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Sea ice extent in Arctic and Antarctic reached record lows in November‘Almost unprecedented’ event attributed to warm temperatures and winds, with some areas more than 20C (36F) warmer than usual
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Despite climate change exodus, some Marshall Islanders head back homeAfter many young people fled in the face of worsening droughts, tropical storms, coral bleaching, coastal inundation and flooding, some are choosing to return
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Operations to be powered 100% by renewable energy from 2017Internet giant says renewable energy is increasingly lowest cost option and it will not rule out investing in nuclear power
talking points
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US could see extreme rains increase of 400% by end of centuryAs global temperatures rise, extreme downpours will increase putting huge strains on infrastructure and agriculture, finds climate study
multimedia
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Zoology news: November’s animal antics from around the globe – in picturesA collection of zoological wonders from November 2016, featuring mobbing hyenas, speeding bats and crab power
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Sinkhole in Texas swallows two cars – videoFirefighters recover two cars from a sinkhole in Texas. An off-duty sheriff’s deputy died and two other people were hurt when two vehicles plunged into the water-filled sinkhole in San Antonio on Sunday
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Standing Rock: blizzard hits protesters as controversial pipeline halted – in picturesNorth Dakota has been hit by heavy snow as veterans join Native Americans and activists at their camp
key issues
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WildlifeWildlifeSeals sing a siren song beyond the land's edgeCountry diary: Duncansby Head, John O’Groats As the wind rises the timbre alters and I struggle to place it – the howling of wolves, infants wailing, dissonant chords on a pipe organ?
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Climate changeClimate changeArchaeology sheds light on Mongolia’s uncertain nomadic futureAs a herding lifestyle practiced for millennia is threatened by contemporary climate change, archaeology offers a long-term perspective
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EnergyEnergyEmissions trading backflip a recipe for price rises, say business groupsLobbyists dismayed by Coalition ruling out carbon trading, warning those fighting it ‘are going to get almost exactly the outcome they’re trying to prevent’
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PollutionPollutionLondon mayor to double funding to tackle air pollutionCampaigners hail announcement that funding for air quality measures will rise to £875m over the next five years
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FoodFoodFoodCloud: new app proves a nourishing idea for wasted foodThe distribution of surplus food in Ireland is being transformed by FoodCloud. Killian Fox meets the duo behind the venture
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Ethical and green livingEthical and green livingGlobal warming talk can be a lot of hot airLetters: People often say there is no point in cutting one’s own emissions (by not flying, for example) because hardly anyone else is
elephant conservation
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Live Q&A;: Elephants are disappearing, so how can we save them?The survival of elephants depends on what humans do now. Join us on Tuesday 22 November from 1-2.30pm to discuss how to save this threatened species
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Is there a plan B for elephants? The next step in saving them is even harderEnding global legal markets is a great plan A, but that alone won’t stop elephant poaching or stem the illegal consumption of ivory
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Wildlife smugglers using Facebook to sell ivory and rhino hornAn investigation reveals the social media site is acting as a shopfront for a multimillion dollar trade in animal parts, centred in a small village outside Hanoi
UK slashes number of Foreign Office climate change staff