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Well-known climate change denialist labels activists in Copenhagen ‘Hitler Youth’

African nations return to the negotiating table after walkout in Copenhagen

Amazon cattle ranching accounts for half of Brazil’s CO2 emissions

Brazil allocates first funds under plan to save the Amazon

US think-tank: islands affected by global warming should wait for trickle-down money

New tree species discovered in Guyana is rich source of oil

Leaked document in Copenhagen seen as sidelining poor countries

Profile of the carbon footprint of the global poor: the challenge of alleviating poverty and fighting global warming

Obama administration about to declare carbon dioxide a danger to the public, allowing regulation

Brazil could halt Amazon deforestation within a decade

World requires radical new economic models to fight poverty and mitigate global warming

Americans throw away enough food every year to feed 200 million adults

A fair deal for forest people: working to ensure that REDD forests bear fruit for local communities

Land of plenty: 50 percent rise in the amount of food wasted in America worsens global warming, consumes freshwater

Efforts to slow climate change may put indigenous people at risk

Global warming will increase likelihood of civil war in Africa by 55 percent

Oil palm workers still below poverty line, despite Minister’s statements

Blackout in Brazil: Hydropower and Our Climate Conundrum

Using fish as livestock feed threatens global fisheries

Record year for CO2 emissions, even with economic slowdown

New rating systems seeks to promote sustainable landscapes from shopping malls to city parks

Will Brazil’s blackout drive a new push for more rainforest dams?

Declaration calls for more wilderness protected areas to combat global warming

Costa Rica proposes to downgrade Las Baulas National Park, threatening leatherback sea turtles

Nations vulnerable to global warming present demands: carbon levels below 350ppm and billions in aid

Fossil fuel subsidies “bringing us closer to irreversible climate change”

NASA satellite image reveals extent of drought in East Africa

Kihansi spray toad goes extinct in the wild

Governments, public failing to save world’s species

Gucci drops APP in pledge to save rainforests

Will Ecuador’s plan to raise money for not drilling oil in the Amazon succeed?

200 million more people going hungry

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