Stephen Leahy

Green­land will even­tu­al­ly be­come green as its ice sheets melt, UN Cli­mate Change Pan­el re­port­ed Fri­day.

In the past 40 years, 30 per­cent of the plan­et’s arable land has be­come un­pro­duc­tive due to ero­sion, sci­en­tists say.

Lat­est round of ne­go­ti­a­tions in Ger­many on re­duc­ing glob­al warm­ing end­ed with­out a se­ri­ous deal, en­vi­ron­men­tal­ists say.

As cli­mate talks ap­proach, a new re­port finds most fos­sil fu­els must stay in the ground to pre­vent dan­ger­ous warm­ing.

Small com­mu­ni­ty-led no-fish­ing ar­eas are pro­tect­ing reefs and sus­tain­ing ma­rine en­vi­ron­ments.

Over­pop­u­la­tion is caus­ing huge loss­es in bio­di­ver­si­ty, and ‘pro­tect­ed ar­eas’ such as na­tion­al parks aren’t work­ing.

Japan’s earth­quake caused a nu­clear cri­sis which could be re­peat­ed in oth­er coun­tries if pre­cau­tions aren’t tak­en.

With thou­sands of species at risk, UN body meets in Japan to try to pre­serve at risk or­gan­isms and ecosys­tems.

For the first time, African farm­ers are be­ing con­sult­ed to help solve one of the con­ti­nent’s great­est con­cerns.