A spacecraft carrying much-needed US supplies blasts off toward the International Space Station for the first time in months.

Environment and foreign ministers from all over the world gather in Paris on Monday in a final push for a new global climate compact.

Schools in Beijing are to close and outdoor construction to stop after the Chinese capital issued its first "red alert" over smog levels.

For the first time, global emissions of carbon dioxide are likely to stall and perhaps decline this year, even as the world economy grows, according to new research.

Can flood defences always protect vulnerable communities from the impact of "exceptional" weather events, such as Storm Desmond?