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The top city received the highest score for “liveability” out of 140 cities, according to The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) annual survey.
A report has found that the condition of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has deteriorated since its last evaluation by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority in 2014. The causes cited for this include climate change, overfishing and coral bleaching events. Experts believe its condition can be improved if strong local and global actions are taken. The reef’s status as a UNESCO World Heritage listing is at risk considering this outlook.
Climate activist Greta Thunberg arrived in Manhattan on Wednesday after a two-week journey across the Atlantic Ocean in a zero-emissions yacht. She is in the United States to attend the U.N. Climate Action summit next month and hopes to attend the COP25 in Santiago, Chile, in December. Thunberg said she was going to focus on "spreading awareness" instead of trying to convince US President Donald Trump about climate change.
"We like to consume things, but the more we consume the more we absorb the resources of the planet," says the government’s chief environment scientist.
The teenage climate change activist is in New York to attend the UN climate summit in September.
Five sheep have been brought in to graze on Hampstead Heath in London, for the first time since the 1950s. The week-long trial could prove an eco-friendly way of maintaining the centuries-old area.
Plus how to reduce your carbon footprint at home.
Thousands of fires are burning throughout forests in Brazil but donations, petitions and reforestation can make a difference.
The blazes are roasting South America's biggest country just as far-right President Jair Bolsonaro is rolling back environmental and indigenous protections.
Staying in Europe is the only way we can make a serious impact on climate change and the environment, MEP Alex Phillips writes.