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Rishi Sunak faces criticism on climate policy as he travels to the COP27 summit in Egypt on Sunday.

Egypt urges nations to turn pledges into action as the UN climate conference opens.

As another UN summit kicks off, experts say climate anxiety could help solve the problem.

The government estimates it will need £25-30bn to convert sites to low-carbon heating, BBC learns.

Debris from the Chinese rocket was expected to pass over Catalonia and land in the Atlantic.

The monarch will not be attending the UN climate summit COP27 which starts on Sunday.

Fifteen finalists are up for the £1m award given to innovators tackling the planet's problems.

The summit in Egypt could be the world's best hope of progress on the climate issue, says Justin Rowlatt.

The decision comes after a video showed a wolf strolling past a family in a park.

Europe's growing reliance on imported liquefied natural gas is coming at a significant climate cost.

Many iconic glaciers will melt regardless of the world's actions to combat climate change, the UN says.

With COP27 about to get under way, which nations have taken a lead and which have fallen behind since the last UN climate summit?

Downing Street had argued the prime minister was too busy preparing for the budget.

Rishi Sunak is coming under growing pressure to do a U-turn on attending the UN climate summit.

The government rules aim to contain the country's largest ever bird flu outbreak.

Eucharia Nwaichi takes on saboteurs and companies to detoxify one of the most polluted areas on Earth.

The new super space observatory captures another stunning view of star birth far from Earth.

Critics say delaying the deadline is an embarrassment for the UK ahead of the COP27 climate summit.

The new PM will not attend the COP27 conference in Egypt due to pressing commitments, No 10 says.

The past 12 months have been a "wasted year" on climate change says the UN Environment Programme.

At least a dozen species display this 'bad habit' and now scientists want to know why.

Scientists say they now understand more about the mysterious role of epigenetics in cancer growth.

The UN Secretary General speaks to the BBC ahead of a major climate conference in Egypt, known as COP27.

Leading medical experts call for action ahead of a major climate conference next month.

A scientist says his recordings of 53 marine species changes what we know about the evolution of sounds.

They name one of the new species "resistencia" (resistance) in honour of killed environmentalists.

Campaigners say the popular single-use vapes are an environmental nightmare.

Uganda insists on exploiting its fossil-fuel riches, despite Europe's environmental concerns.

John Kerry tells the BBC he hopes the King reconsiders his decision not to go to the UN climate summit in Egypt.

The wildlife authority describes this as a landmark punishment in the protection of rare species.

The bison is the first to be born wild in the UK for thousands of years.

A huge marine reserve in the Pacific Ocean has benefits for both fish and fishers, scientists say.

Our climate editor checks out the world's largest floating wind farm off the coast of Scotland.

Images of nights skies show power supplies disappearing in Ethiopia as a humanitarian crisis bites.

One of the most famous scenes in the cosmos is viewed by the new, Nasa-led super space observatory.

"Little progress" has been made in protecting nature despite a government commitment, concludes a new report

The regulator said two of the bank's posters “omitted material information and were therefore misleading".

Elephant ivory that's supposed to be under lock and key has turned up in recent seizures, say scientists.

Bird keepers in England, Scotland and Wales must implement biosecurity measures, the government says

An Iraqi minister tells the BBC that air pollution from oil fields is a major health problem.

A British businessman believes it could suck a billion tonnes of carbon out of the atmosphere annually.

Eels are tracked to the Sargasso Sea on an epic migration, helping in their conservation.

Half of the UK’s oldest weather stations set new records in the July heatwave.

Billions of phones will be hoarded in drawers and cupboards or thrown away rather than recycled, studies suggest.

Australian and UK researchers grow brain cells in a lab that have learned to play a 1970s video game.

The National Trust, RSPB and Wildlife Trusts say all options are on the table amid a rural revolt.

Government must lead on home insulation and diet, the environment and climate change committee says.

The extraordinary moment a manic scrum of male bees envelops a single female to try to mate with her.

Scientists brought endangered species back from the brink by simply building more ponds.

A new generation of orchards born during lockdown is keeping old traditions alive.