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Around 10 million people each year are currently affected by coastal flooding and this number is likely to triple as more and more people migrate to coastal regions.

Study concludes there is 1 in 20 chance that existing defences would be unable to cope with extreme storm surge

A functioning carbon market is vital to reducing emissions. But ours is broken

There will be a dramatic global decline in the number of animal and plant species this century if the world continues to procrastinate over measures to cut carbon dioxide emissions to limit climate change, a study has found.

Blow to fight against climate change as CO2 in the atmosphere hits record high

Atmosphere rising at fastest rate since records began

Greenhouse gases are making seawater toxic for many species of marine life, warn experts

Scourge of the nation’s pavements is to be turned into electricity

President Barack Obama became significantly more likely to block the Canada-to-Texas Keystone XL oil sands pipeline after the US environmental regulator said a government report that in effect endorsed the project was based on "insufficient" research.

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Air pollution contributed to the deaths of 1.2 million people in China in 2010, according to data presented at a summit in Beijing this week.

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