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A great resource for a lesson starter on 'sustainability'. From the treehugger blog - well worth following via RSS.

Intercative climate change map for the UK

Video Climate change hurts poor in China

Meat free monday video

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The harmful effects of global warming are being felt "here and now and in your backyard," a groundbreaking US government report on climate change has warned.

And as you might imagine, it's not pretty- climate change's usual suspects like more severe tropical storms, drought, and raising sea levels make appearances, but it's some of the lesser-known threats detailed here that make the report truly scary

The Brazilian government is legalising deforestation and western superbrands are benefiting from it. This needs to stop now

A new analysis has shown that payments to reduce carbon emissions from the forests could generate more income than palm oil production on deforested land.

The world's first floating wind turbine is to be towed out to sea this weekend.

We all know that adapting to climate change is going to cost us -- but that doing nothing will ultimately cost us even more -- however, a new report from the International Institute for Environment and Development says that the real costs of adaptation are likely to be 2-3 times greater than those estimated by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change :

Low-lying Pacific island nations have long been saying that the climate change commitments coming from the wealthy nations of the world, including the G8 pledge to hold global temperature rise to 2°C, are inadequate to protect their future. Now they have some more allies -- A coalition of the world's poorest countries,