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From deadly protests to billion dollar insurance schemes, we look at the impact of extreme weather and what the world’s fastest growing major economy is doing about it

Renewable energy is changing the country’s dynamic, turning lives around and allowing people to be part of the green growth story. This is the basis of its climate commitments ahead of crucial talks in Paris, reports India...

Street lighting has always been a form of social control. As smart lamp-posts start to adapt to our needs, are we entering a brave new world of big city lights?

The 2012 LSE Cities conference explores how urban societies across the world are adapting to and embracing technological innovation and environmental change...

Planned eco-city for 3m people matches Luxembourg in size and showcases urban 21st-century smart living, say developersStanding opposite Singapore, across the strait of Johor, is the site of a new project that its architects...

Rio de Janeiro Image from Shutterstock The Rio+20 Conference (20 years after the original Earth Summit) was called to bring together world leaders, along with thousands of participants from governments, the private sector,...

Rio de Janeiro Image from Shutterstock The Rio+20 Conference (20 years after the original Earth Summit) was designed to bring together world leaders, along with thousands of participants from governments, the private sector,...

With the Rio+20 conference set to start on June 20th, a report from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has warned that if climate change continues to go unchecked, the damage costs to Latin American and Caribbean...

A new UN report issued in advance of the upcoming Rio+20 Conference calls for urgent environmental measures to protect not only the environment – but also ourselves...