Sewage and informal settlements are choking Brazil’s Amazonian waterways

There are 148 small rivers that criss-cross the city of Manaus in the heart of the Amazon rainforest. The majority of them are struggling for breath right now, due to pollution.In the northwest outskirts...

Tracking the international delegations arriving in Glasgow for COP26

Delegates from all over the world flew to Glasgow on Sunday night and Monday morning as the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference got under way.Representatives from the American, French and Indian administrations were...

Why India is the worst polluter of sulphur dioxide

India is kicking the can down the road on sulphur dioxide emissions despite being the world's biggest emitter of the pollutant, according to an expert.Despite this week Boris Johnson declaring the world was at...

‘Climate change doesn’t worry us’: The end of Russia’s Siberian oil era is still a long way off

Drive through the swamplands of Western Siberia, and you'll pass one oil installation after the next. This is the largest petroleum basin on Earth and the heartland of Russia's vast oil and gas reserves....

Bird of the year controversy after contest is won by a bat

A tiny bat made an unexpectedly big impact by winning an annual bird of the year competition in New Zealand.Pekapeka-tou-roa, also known as the long-tailed bat, is one of only a few land mammals...

Madagascar is on the brink of famine caused by climate change, with children most at risk

Madagascar is on a frontline where there are no bullets being fired, no mortars being launched and no bombs being dropped. But its people are helplessly trapped in the centre of a war where...

Five million people have now died from COVID across globe

More than five million people around the world have now died in the coronavirus pandemic.The data from Johns Hopkins University, which has been tracking the outbreak, also shows more than 246 million COVID-19 cases...

Tears, hugs and laughter at Sydney airport as Australia reopens border after 20 months

There have been tears, laughter and warm embraces at Sydney's international airport after Australia's border opened for the first time in 20 months.Travellers tore off their face masks as they saw their loved ones...