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Seaweed on French beaches ’emitting lethal fumes’
Mounds of rotting seaweed clogging beaches across northwestern France are emitting a toxic and potentially lethal gas, test results
Global pact to push China to low-carbon economy: Blair
China's efforts to build a low-carbon economy would accelerate if world powers agree to a "practical" global climate change
Access to water key for world’s poor
An international cast of politicians, industry leaders and United Nations officials joined forces Monday to improve access to water
Asia facing unprecedented food shortage, UN report says
Major investment in irrigation systems needed to feed population expected to grow by 1.5 billion over next 40 years
UN Chief’s warning – the end of the world is nigh
We have just four months. Four months to secure the future of our planet.” UN Secretary General Ban
Climate talks risk failure unless they accelerate
U.N. talks on a new climate treaty due to be agreed in December risk failure unless negotiations accelerate, a
Rich nations offer 15-21 percent CO2 cuts by 2020: U.N.
Industrialized nations excluding the United States are planning cuts in greenhouse gas emissions of between 15 and 21 percent
Severe Summer Wildfires claim 250,000 hectares of Europe’s forests
Europe has lost at least 250,000 hectares of forest to fires this summer, a higher rate of attrition than
Beaches closed in France because of toxic poisonous algae
More beaches could be shut in northwestern France due to health fears over toxic algae, conservationists warned on Monday,
Radical rethink urged over food
A "radical rethink" of the way the UK produces and consumes food is needed, Environment Secretary Hilary Benn has