Injustice of worsening climate impacts rises up agenda at UN talks

Leaders of Bangladesh and Marshall Islands highlight how rising seas are hitting their people hard, urging other countries to step up with more action on climate change

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Amid 'air apocalypse', mask-clad Lahore looks for answers

As the Pakistani city of 10 million's air worsens, residents are fighting back against a health 'human rights crisis'

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Poor nations pay price as millions flee 'climate chaos', Oxfam says

People are three times more likely to be displaced by cyclones, floods or fires than by conflicts

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Guess the rain: Kenya gamifies climate change to help farmers

In the "Let it rain" challenge, farmers can take to their mobile phones to predict what day the rainy season will start

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'People power' piles pressure on plodding U.N. climate talks

"Now more than ever in this COP (meeting), we will see a very big gap between the negotiations inside and the emotions outside," says former Costa Rica representative at the talks

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'Perfect storm' awaits farming and fisheries if world doesn't curb emissions

If emissions continue to rise rapidly, nearly 90% of the world's population are projected to be exposed to losses of food production

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'Banana on steroids': life saver for warming world

The "wonder crop" is a staple for 20 million people in the Ethiopian Highlands who turn it into bread and porridge

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In rain-short Niger, wasps deployed in war on crop-munching worm

As millet-destroying worm thrives in drier conditions, farmers learn how to breed wasps that can control the pest damaging their food supplies and incomes

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UK band Massive Attack urges music industry to pursue greener gigs

Massive Attack members said they had been "concerned and preoccupied" with the climate impact of their touring schedules

Climate accord will fuel U.S. jobs, business and labor leaders say

Trump has argued the Paris deal would cost the U.S. trillions of dollars, kill millions of jobs and hinder the oil, gas, coal and manufacturing industries

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Demands grow for 'global justice' on climate damage at U.N. talks

Funding to cover the losses poor nations are suffering from more extreme weather and rising seas will be high on the agenda at U.N. conference in Madrid

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As sea engulfs coastline, Indonesians pay high price to shield homes

Island nation Indonesia has about 81,000 km of coastline, making it particularly vulnerable to climate change

Europeans fear climate change more than terrorism, unemployment or migration

The level of concern about climate change is even higher in China, with 73% of respondents seeing it as the biggest threat to society, compared to 39% in the United States

Rising seas threaten early end for sinking village in Philippines

Families in Sitio Pariahan are seeing their village gradually swallowed by water as their homes sink and sea levels rise

Mumbai slum-dwellers by the sea live at the mercy of climate change

Climate change poses a greater threat to poor communities in developing nations with people living on the margins less able to protect themselves from the impact

In China, coal creeps back in as slowing economy overshadows climate change ambitions

China has built 42.9 gigawatts of new coal-fired power capacity since the start of last year, with another 121 GW under construction

Shrinking lake in Mali spells end of line for family of fishermen

Villagers have planted trees and are building stone cordons to help the soil retain what little rainfall there is - but say the future looks bleak as temperatures rise

OPINION: It is time to act on the climate emergency

And the only acceptable response is ending the use of fossil fuels

OPINION: To tackle the climate crisis, COP25 needs to rebuild trust

It is vital that the Madrid meeting restores trust between nations and instils confidence in the multilateral process at this crucial time

OPINION: Climate disaster fund needed to stop countries being pushed further into poverty

As leaders gather for climate talks, the question of how developing nations can finance their recovery from floods, droughts and rising sea levels is becoming harder to ignore