Fiona Harvey, The Guardian

Fracking may be impractical in parts of the UK due to the scarcity of local water supplies, and in other areas will have an impact on local water resources, the water industry has admitted, in a deal struck with the oil and gas industry.

Overfishing and pollution are part of the problem, scientists say, warning that mass extinction of species may be inevitable

Climate change sceptics who claim the dangers of global warming are small and far-off are "unscientific" and "irrational", and should not dissuade governments from tackling rapidly rising greenhouse gas emissions, the author of the world's landmark review of economics and climate change said.

Climate change summit braced for counterblast from sceptics as report warns greenhouse gas emissions still increasing

Experts claim current rate of change is likely to be more than 10 times faster than it has ever been in Earth's history