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Muslim leaders tell petropowers to lead on climate change
NEWS: Islamic declaration on climate change calls on rich and oil producing states to lead according to religious principles
8-year-old takes US government to court over climate change
NEWS: Levi Draheim joins 20 other youth activists in unusual legal challenge to US president Barack Obama
Pope Francis declares annual Catholic environment day
NEWS: September 1 chosen for day of environmental awareness, Vatican calls for faithful to adopt “appropriate lifestyles”
Senegalese imam declares ‘green jihad’ on pollution
NEWS: Islamic leader in West African country says aggression towards the environment is a sin and must be stopped
Climate change elevates threat of wildfires
NEWS: Vegetation across the globe is drying and rain patterns wavering as the chance of wildfire spreads in a warming planet
Mangroves rooted in Indonesia’s climate target
NEWS: Indonesia could go a quarter of the way to reaching its 2020 carbon-cutting aim by ending destruction of vital forests
Muslim scholars name climate change as dire threat
NEWS: Islamic declaration adds to growing pressure religious leaders exert on richer nations to reduce impact on Earth’s climate
Brazil mega-dam ‘disaster’ for tribes as it nears completion
NEWS: Controversial Belo Monte dam project has failed to meet conditions to win its license, say environmental groups
Too few scientists track loss of Himalayan glaciers
NEWS: Millions rely on meltwater from Asia’s water towers, but lack of expertise and manpower hampers the study of climate impacts
Why don’t Marshallese people leave their climate-threatened islands?
COMMENT: Land is more than a pile of rocks, says Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner; it has eyes to see people’s greed and punish them
1,700 cities stress local action key to UN climate deal
NEWS: Coalition representing 60 million inhabitants to deliver carbon-cutting pledges as mayors prodded globally to act
Warmer winters do not mean fewer deaths – study
NEWS: New research unpicks theory that mortality rates will drop in winter months as planet heats up
Heat-tolerant ‘immigrant’ coral could save reefs from extinction
NEWS: Relocating coral larvae to reefs at greater risk from warming oceans could prevent bleaching and mass die-offs, study finds
Stop coal to preserve health gains, says Lancet Commission
NEWS: Dangerous climate change from coal power emissions will set back public health 50 years, international expert panel finds
After the Pope’s plea, what do other faiths think on climate?
ANALYSIS: Scholars from Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and leading evangelicals explain why the environment matters to their religion
Indian heatwave deaths blamed on global warming
NEWS: Fierce temperatures in India doubled the heat-related deaths normally recorded in May − and the government insists natural causes are not to blame
G7 nods to loss and damage claims with climate insurance pledge
NEWS: Developing world’s access to insurance following natural disasters to jump five-fold in five years, rich club of countries aims
UN weighs up climate threat in new development goals
NEWS: Widened remit of anti-poverty push seeks to ensure countries resilient to rising climate impacts and access clean energy
Santorum tells Pope to quit climate politics, stick to theology
NEWS: Pennsylvania senator is the latest Republican to weigh into Vatican’s forthcoming encyclical on climate
US, EU fall flat on cutting forest emissions
NEWS: Follow Mexico’s lead, world’s 2nd and 3rd emitter told as emissions pledge for climate pact freeze out forests, study says