PA Media Prince William wants this year’s Earthshot event to boost African environmental projects The Prince of Wales has spoken of his deep personal connections with Africa – ahead of…

Getty Images UN biodiversity summits happen every two years – this year in Cali, Colombia Scientists say there has been an alarming lack of progress in saving nature as the…

Getty Images Cyclone Sidr wrecked homes and killed more than 6,000 people when it hit Bangladesh in 2007 Human-caused climate change made the ten deadliest extreme weather events of the…

BBC Nyakuma and her husband Sunday, who live in a village in South Sudan, struggle to find food due to drought The area of land surface affected by drought has…

Woodland Trust The Skipinnish oak is on Lochaber’s Achnacarry Estate A tree in the Scottish Highlands thought to be at least 1,000 years old and known as the Skipinnish Oak…

Salvamontes Colombia The yellow flower of one of the rarest magnolias in Colombia Scientists assessing dangers posed to the world’s trees have revealed that more than a third of species…

Getty Images Little progress has been made in limiting emissions of greenhouse gases that are driving up temperatures Global efforts to tackle climate change are wildly off track, says the…

Reuters The UK needs to make huge cuts to its greenhouse gas emissions this decade to help the world avoid the worst impacts of rising temperatures, the government’s climate watchdog…

AFP The clean-up on Coogee Beach on Thursday Beaches in the Australian city of Sydney have reopened for swimmers after being closed earlier this week when thousands of mysterious black…

From 21 October until 1 November, delegates are meeting in Cali, Colombia to take stock of national pledges to protect nature, amid concerns countries are back-sliding on their promises. Recent…