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Kiribati President Anote Tong says that any possible climate deal is already too late for his country which is planning migration with ''dignity''.
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US President Barack Obama says the key UN climate conference in Paris could be a "turning point" in global efforts to limit future temperature rises.
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Leaders from 150 nations open a key UN conference in Paris aimed at reaching a deal on curbing carbon emissions to tackle global warning.
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Prince Charles told world leaders to "think of your grandchildren, the same as I think of mine"
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Sir David Attenborough tells BBC Breakfast that solar energy needs to "undercut the price of energy obtained from oil and coal."
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South Africa grapples with worst drought in 30 years
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Global leaders are to gather for a UN global warming summit in Paris, with the shadow cast by the recent attacks expected to boost chances of a deal.
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Authorities in the Chinese capital Beijing issue their highest smog alert so far this year after pollution readings reach 17 times safe levels.
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Demonstrations are getting under way worldwide to demand action to stop climate change on the eve of the UN summit in Paris.
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The Pope's senior adviser on global warming has urged Catholics all over the world to join global climate marches planned for Sunday.
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Japan decides to resume hunting whales in the Antarctic after a break of more than a year despite a ruling by the International Court of Justice.
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Is there an economic case for tackling climate change?
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A study finds that tarantulas evolved almost exactly the same shade of vibrant blue at least eight separate times.
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A large chunk of what is believed to have been an unmanned American space rocket is found in the sea off the Isles of Scilly.
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The decision to allow shale gas drilling - or fracking - in Lancashire will be made directly by the government, it has emerged.
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Lakes that have been forming near Mount Everest could threaten settlements downstream if they overflow.
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A public opinion survey suggests that support for strong action on climate change has declined since 2009.
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An experimental drone fitted with sensors is being deployed to monitor gases rising from rubbish dumps.
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Scientists use ultrasound to scan the blood vessels of an entire rat brain in microscopic 3D detail, pioneering a technique they say will improve cancer and stroke diagnosis.
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A South Africa court lifts a ban on the domestic trade in rhino horns which was imposed by the government in 2009 to stem poaching.
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John Maguire visited Bristol, which has been serving as Europe's official Green Capital, to see what the city has achieved in 2015.
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Spiders - and their prey - can be identified from the DNA they leave behind stuck on webs, say US scientists.
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About 100,000 wetland birds are killed every year from poisoning by discarded lead ammunition, say scientists.
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Striking drone footage shows the extent of the retreat of Switzerland's Rhone Glacier, as scientists warn such magisterial ice-masses will have almost vanished by the end of the century.
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Why one Danish hunter campaigns against the use of lead ammunition.
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Ten years after being formally approved, Europe's ExoMars project is at last ready to send some hardware - a satellite - to the Red Planet.
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Ten years after being formally approved, Europe's ExoMars project is at last ready to send some hardware - a satellite - to the Red Planet.
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Private investors are being invited to help fund the restoration of about one half of the UK's peatlands.
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The UK government announces it is axing a £1bn grant for developing new carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology.
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The UK chancellor has said that the science budget will be protected in real terms - equating to an increase.
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Faced with a trade-off between shortest route and foraging power, army ants find the most cost-efficient route.
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A study finds that army ants make a smart compromise when building a bridge from their own bodies.
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An experiment in Italy seeks to find Albert Einstein's last great prediction - gravitational waves.
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Everything you need to know about Einstein's 100-year-old Theory of General Relativity.
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Temperatures across the globe are likely to break records in 2015 with readings running "well above" any previous year, scientists say.
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The World Robot Conference in Beijing has drawn big crowds to its showcase of "jiqiren", or "machine people".
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Drones and "smart" drum lines will be deployed to protect swimmers on New South Wales' north coast from shark attacks, the state government says.
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Meet the RSPB's 'gadget man' who builds devices to help conservation scientists gather data.
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The Amazon.com entrepreneur Jeff Bezos has claimed success on the second flight of his New Shepard spaceship.
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Physicists discover a striking sequence of shifting shapes that is formed as the fluid we sneeze breaks up into droplets.
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Australia will carry out trials of a genetically modified fruit fly to break the breeding cycle of this crop pest.
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How Malawi is tackling climate change with the help of a wood-fired cookstove that generates electricity.
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The Amazon.com entrepreneur Jeff Bezos flies his New Shepard spaceship again, and this time proclaims a complete success.
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Prince Charles laments the “economic invisibility of nature†and calls on business leaders to act now to save the world’s natural capital.
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Rebecca Morelle reports for BBC Newsnight on the background to the upcoming summit in Paris.
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