"Humanity has wiped out 60% of mammals, birds, fish and reptiles since 1970, leading the world’s foremost experts to warn that the annihilation of wildlife is now an emergency that threatens civilisation."

"In November 1995, a scientist and a diplomat quarreled in Madrid."

"Air pollution kills an estimated 600,000 children every year and causing symptoms ranging from loss of intelligence to obesity and ear infections but there is a limited amount parents can do, a World Health Organization report said on Monday."

"The United Nations shipping agency pushed back this week on any phased entry for tougher marine fuel rules and further tightened regulations that will come into force in 2020."

"Technologies that suck carbon dioxide out of the air will likely be crucial to meeting global climate goals, and they'll need more investment to reach scale."

"The World Bank predicts climate change could create as many as 143 million 'climate migrants' by 2050. The result would be a mass migration twice as large as the number of refugees in the world today."

"Microplastics have been found in human stool samples from countries in many parts of the world, according to a small pilot study being presented this week at the 26th annual United European Gastroenterology conference in Vienna."