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Hard bargaining in Bonn this week will probably decide whether the crucial climate talks in Paris in December can save human civilisation from ultimate collapse. Paul Brown from The Climate News Network discusses. 
Alex Kirby from Climate News Network informs us that a panel of international climate scientists says the world has only until 2050 to become a zero-carbon society − and discusses how the rewards for doing so would be immense.
The Arctic climate is changing so quickly that science can barely keep track of what is happening and predict the global consequences, the UN says.
Smartphone app developed to highlight that there will be no glaciers left on the world’s equatorial mountains in 25 years.
Scientific reports released for a conference today on disaster risk reduction warn that people are already dying and economies being hit by climate change − and that the dangers are growing.
New research shows that changing the way we farm and manage soils so they store carbon rather than lose it would help avoid dangerous climate change.
As profits and prices plummet, the oil conglomerates – some of the world’s biggest companies – have been warned they must change their ways or face extinction.
The UK could reduce its emissions by converting farmland to absorb more carbon dioxide − but risks increasing climate change effects abroad.
Governments must act immediately to end conflicts and counter the impact of climate disruption so as to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe affecting millions.
Researchers have developed a new battery to enable user generated renewable power to be stored cheaply and safely, reports Tim Radford from the Climate News Network.
The world will face a humanitarian crisis on an immense scale if millions of people have to flee the impacts of global warming, reports Alex Kirby from the Climate News Network.
Global temperatures have risen by 1°C in the past 150 years, and one scientist says doubling that level could unleash catastrophic sea level rise this century.
An international scientific report commissioned by the UK government says the risks of climate change are comparable to those posed by nuclear conflict.
As the world economy and energy use both grew in 2014, renewables continued their rapid rise− but carbon emissions did not. 
Tame end to Bonn climate talks leaves critics fearing that hopes are fading of a binding agreement being signed to keep global warming in check - by Paul Brown, The Climate News Network.