All eyes are on river levels in flood-hit Cumbria as more heavy rain threatens a vital bridge and further damage to homes.

A nuclear power station has been shut down following a fire.

Planting enough trees to cover an extra 4% of the UK in woodland could lock up a tenth of the country's predicted greenhouse gas emissions by the middle of the century, researchers have said.

Only one in five of the UK's top brands are cutting their emissions and have ambitious targets to reduce greenhouse gases in line with Government goals, a study has shown.

Countries in the northern hemisphere have significantly cut air pollution thanks in part to a 1979 treaty, highlighting the potential for a broader climate change pact next month in Copenhagen, a UN body has said.

Conservationists have voiced fears that oil tankers sitting on a World Heritage coastline waiting for oil prices to rise are an "accident waiting to happen".

Three of the UK's leading scientific research bodies united to warn of the need for action to cut carbon emissions, as they said evidence for "dangerous, long-term and potentially irreversible climate change" was growing.

The UK could halve the carbon emissions from homes and buildings by the end of the next decade - and create thousands of "green" jobs in the process, the UK Green Building Council has said.

The director of a research unit at the centre of a row over stolen emails which sceptics claim show climate change data was being manipulated, has said he "absolutely" stands by the science his centre had produced.

Environmentalists have welcomed Tory proposals to create a "green investment bank" as the Opposition began a concerted effort to show its eco-friendly credentials.

Heavy rain has returned to flood-ravaged Cumbria as fears grew over the future of a key bridge.

Climate change could increase the likelihood of civil war in sub-Saharan Africa by 50% within the next 20 years, leading to hundreds of thousands of deaths, it has been claimed.

Jordan's Queen Rania and Princess Haya are among the latest "climate allies" who have signed up to an international campaign calling for a fair, effective and ambitious deal to tackle global warming to be agreed in Copenhagen in December.

A conservationist has described his bizarre discovery of a new species of chameleon in an African forest.

A tornado has ripped through a town leaving a trail of devastation in its wake.

The European Union needs to be more ambitious with its plans to cut climate emissions in the coming decade, as its current proposals are "embarrassingly weak", campaigners have warned.

Fewer than two in five consumers fully understand "green" car technology, a survey has revealed.

Three of the UK's leading scientific research bodies have united to warn of the need for action to cut carbon emissions, as they said evidence for "dangerous, long-term and potentially irreversible climate change" was growing.

The director of a climate research unit at the centre of a row over manipulating data on global warming after hundreds of private emails were stolen by hackers has said it was "ludicrous" to suggest anything untoward took place during the research.

Pop star Sting has said Brazil's government should listen to the voices of local indigenous groups before building a massive hydroelectric dam in the Amazon rainforest.

Gordon Brown has warned world leaders that they "cannot afford to fail" to strike a substantial deal on climate change in Copenhagen next month.

A pensioner has launched a legal challenge over property tycoon Donald Trump's new golfing resort which now threatens her home.

Questions are being asked about the suitability of flood defences in Cumbria after torrential rain left scenes of chaos in the region for the second time in recent years.

The UK needs more skilled engineers and workers if it is to build up green technology sectors such as wind turbine manufacture, the new president of Bosch's UK operations have warned.

Britons are being urged to back a campaign to fight deforestation in the Amazon and prevent up to three million tonnes of carbon dioxide being emitted into the atmosphere in the run-up to UN climate talks in Copenhagen.

Thousands of strange animals that exist in eternal darkness miles below the surface of the oceans have been catalogued for the first time by scientists.

The UK's wildlife is already feeling the effects of climate change, and without action to help plants and animals cope with rising temperatures some of our most iconic species could be at risk, conservationists have warned.

British ocean rower Roz Savage has set out on a 250-mile walk to Brussels, carrying an inflatable world to raise awareness of the need for action on climate change.