Hurry up and wait. There’s nothing unusual about the idea of using bicycles to replace cars to help combat the effects of climate change.

How can human production be transformed and harnessed to save the planet? Can a market economy really help solve the environmental crisis?

Controversy still surrounds one of the world’s worst industrial accidents 25 years after an estimated 8,000 people died in the immediate aftermath of a toxic gas leak in Bhopal, India.

Many scientists say that reducing carbon dioxide emissions is key to preventing climate change, but the authors of the book SuperFreakonomics say that geo-engineering is the route to take to save the planet.

Scientists argue that rich nations must make drastic cuts in greenhouse gas emissions to prevent dangerous climate change. What does the next government in Britain need to do if it is to deliver a low-carbon economy?

Everybody wants to end hunger, but just how to do so is a divisive question that pits environmentalists against anti-poverty campaigners, big business against consumers and rich countries against poor.

Even if a deal is reached among political delegates at the upcoming United Nations Climate Conference in Copenhagen, it is unlikely to set out specific emission targets, says Mike Hulme.