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A global shift towards a vegan diet may be vital to save the world from hunger, fuel poverty and the worst impacts of climate change, says a UN committee.

 

Concern is growing over the state of the Earth's nine, interdependent, "life-support systems".

  

There may be just five more years in which to start a low carbon industrial revolution before runaway climate change becomes almost inevitable, claims a major new report, although some other respected scientists would strongly disagree with such an analysis.

 

A scientist dedicating his life to informing the world about climate change is one of four 2009 "Right Livelihood Award" winners.

 

Climate change may lower grain yields, raise crop prices and lead to a 20% rise in child malnutrition, a new study finds.

Changing weather patterns have decimated crops in several of the world's poorest countries this year.

 

1.2bn people now have limited access to water - a number expected to rise due to the effects of pollution, urbanisation, and climate change. World leaders are being urged to ensure that the rich/poor and urban/rural divides don't determine who has access to clean water.

An expert panel has selected its top 20 ideas for addressing the climate crisis.

Climate change is becoming the biggest global health threat, a leading medical journal has claimed, noting that water and food shortages, and extreme weather are drastically affecting the world's poor.

A grassroots campaign to plant trees in order to combat climate change has already resulted in more than three billion new trees being planted worldwide and has now revised its target upwards to seven billion.