Open fridges in supermarkets should be banned because they waste too much energy and release “super-greenhouse gases” into the atmosphere, campaigners have said.

Brazilian warplanes are dumping water on the burning forest in the Amazon state of Rondonia, responding to a global outcry over the destruction of the world’s largest tropical rain forest.

The Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) is reporting wildfires continued to rage throughout July, making them by far the longest-lived Arctic wildfires ever recorded.

Growing environmental concerns over concrete and steel have lead to a new thinking in construction – from Amsterdam to Tokyo.

British Airways presents an ambitious plan to cut its greenhouse gas emissions.

At the UN Conference on the Protection of Species in Geneva, a majority of delegates spoke out in favour of a far-reaching ban on the trade in elephants.

Swiss technology start-up Energy Vault has raised $110 million from SoftBank Vision Fund for its unique gravity-based storage of renewable energy.

Iceland on Sunday honoured the passing of Okjokull, its first glacier lost to climate change, as scientists warn that some 400 others on the subarctic island risk the same fate.

The meat-free movement is finding its way into strange and exotic dishes.

Scientists at California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have found that leaks of natural gas used for heating homes and businesses are major contributors to methane in the atmosphere.