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As gas prices rise Somalis are turning to the affordable energy source, driving unsustainable logging – as al-Shabaab condemns but profits from the trade

RePlanet calls on EU to ditch organic targets and for governments to lift bans on genetically modified crops

Adviser says European nations are sourcing fossil fuels abroad but failing to help developing countries

Call comes after former UN climate envoy urged African countries to exploit their natural gas reserves

Multibillion-dollar deal promising to lift country out of poverty may be false dawn with dire impact on climate, warn campaigners

Successful trials found growing crops beneath panels – known as agrivoltaics – reduced water loss and resulted in larger plants

Average Briton produces more carbon in two days than Congolese person does in entire year, study finds

Alisha was eight when she died after being badly burned near a coal mine in Hwange. Families who live in fear of the ground opening up under their children’s feet say more must be done

As Cop26 president, UK must act on meat, fossil fuels and overseas aid, says Climate Change Committee

Attendees on day 11 of UN summit in Glasgow included London mayor Sadiq Khan and a Tyrannosaurus rex

Utopia is within our reach if we address the colonial, racist and oppressive roots of our current planetary crisis

UK among countries at Cop26 vowing to divert funds to low-carbon energy from 2022

One of world’s biggest fertiliser producers calls for action as high gas prices force it to slash production

Hailing end to toxic fuel additive, Guterres says same commitment is needed to eliminate other pollutants

The fate of a planned line from Uganda to Tanzania will be the first test of whether anyone was listening to António Guterres’ call to end fossil fuels