Inspired by Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, millions of students and young people — and their supporters — have launched climate strikes around the world. They've called for an end to fossil fuels and immediate action to reach the 2015 Paris climate agreement goals. Cara Augustenborg, chair of Friends of the Earth Europe, talks about why kids have taken to the streets to demand change.

Two academics at the University of Virginia in the US are aiming to draw people into the climate debate — but not with statistics, graphs and charts. Instead, they're using music and the sounds of nature, something known as ecoacoustics, to appeal directly to the emotions and the heart. Sandy Hausman had a listen.

It’s no secret that much of our waste ends up in landfill. In France, a combination of factors, including building contractors not being careful with how they dispose of waste, have caused illegal landfills to appear all over the country.

In Colombia, a gas firm is building a pipeline through a threatened ecosystem but is paying to protect plants and animals elsewhere. Is this compensation model a responsible way to protect nature?

Every year, 6 trillion cigarettes are disposed of, and plastic butts are filled with toxic chemicals, like arsenic. a single cigarette butt can pollute up to one thousand liters of water. Even if you switch to E-Cigarettes, are you really helping the environment?

In the UK, drones are slowly making their way into commercial farming. The tiny helicopter-like robots could soon be mapping fields and spraying crops. But, they could also cause problems for farmer’s livelihoods.

A growing population goes hand in hand with growing demand for food. In India, farmers are looking to ramp up production with new methods and new technologies. They're also forming cooperatives that help secure their own livelihoods.

In Africa's Great Lakes region, many people depend on fish for both food and income. But as more people eat more fish, wild fish stocks in the region have declined. Some have turned to cage fish farming as a solution. But should food security outweigh environmental concerns?

One major threat to marine mammals is getting tangled in fishermen's nets. This danger threatens one of the smallest dolphins in the world, La Franciscana or Delfín del Plata. On the Atlantic Coast of South America, an innovative device is being used to save this little dolphin.

Europe has long struggled with overfishing. The EU has set itself the target of fishing within scientifically advised limits by 2020. Now that the UK is set to leave the EU, their fishing regulations are less certain. In this interview with Debbie Crockard from the Marine Conservation Society in the UK, we delve into what Brexit means for Europe's waters.