John Vidal

Alliance of Small Island States say any deal that allows temperatures to rise by more than 1.5C is 'not negotiable'

Developing countries react furiously to leaked draft agreement that would hand more power to rich nations, sideline the UN's negotiating role and abandon the Kyoto protocol

Developing countries have split between those who favour a new protocol proposed by Tuvalu and others who want to continue with the Kyoto agreement

Climate talks are in disarray barely days into the summit, putting at risk international unity to fight global warming

Copenhagen mayor's warning about sex workers backfires, NGOs enjoy a drink, and youth groups invade the stage

UN and EU pile pressure on US to set ambitious carbon cuts and timetables to improve chances of deal at Copenhagen.

Payout of $15.5m could backfire now that precedent of a Nigerian community suing a oil company has been set

'Uncontacted' tribes forced to flee armed gangs and bulldozers in forests of Peru, Brazil and Paraguay, says Survival International

The 'Kingsnorth Six' admitted causing £30,000 worth of damage to a coal-fired power station - yet a jury still refused to find them guilty. The verdict has left the government's energy plans in the balance, says John Vidal, and given a huge boost to climate change protesters

Energy firms routinely abusing carbon offset fund, US studies claim

Leaked UN report says pollution three times higher than previously thought

Fancy your own swath of rainforest or snow-capped peak? From Britain to Botswana, the Philippines to Patagonia, there is an explosion of individuals, charities, even billionaire financiers buying up vast areas of land in the name of protecting environments.

Satish Kumar has spent much of his life walking the Earth to spiritually connect with nature; now he wants environmentalists and all of us to forget gloomy predictions and follow in his footsteps. John Vidal reports

Two of the UK's chief green advisers yesterday launched a ferocious attack on government saying the national fight against climate change will be hindered by the decision to encourage nuclear power.

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Depleted reservoirs, failed crops and arid farmland spark global warming tussle

Many of the largest food and fuel companies risk climate change disaster by driving the demand for palm oil and biofuels grown on the world's greatest peat deposits, a report will say today.

Leaked documents detail strategy for climate change U-turn

· Internal report says mass logging threatens Pygmies · Findings are embarrassing for British government

The speculative rush to develop gas and oil reserves under the Arctic ice could spell environmental catastrophe far beyond the pole.

· Winners and Losers In Huge Biofuel Industry · Oil Price Will Stabilize But Small Farmers at Risk. By John Vidal

Vast tracts of the world's second-largest rainforest have been obtained by a small group of European and American industrial logging companies in return for minimal taxes and gifts of salt, sugar and tools, a two-year investigation will disclose today.

Inquiry after chemicals found at site 30 years after their disposal

Climate change In 2006, the public, politicians and industry have all shown significant signs that tackling global warming is on the agenda after scientific studies showed the pace of change gathering speed. John Vidal reports

· Climate change threatens conditions for 500 million · But report points to huge solar energy potential

15-year limit set for switch to renewable energy · Biofuels favoured over further nuclear power.

Emissions of global warming gases from the United States have nearly doubled in 14 years and reached an all-time high in 2004, according to figures released by the American government.

White House sought advice from Exxon on Kyoto stance.

Shell's first US hydrogen station is open now, reports John Vidal. But will we all be filling up soon?