The new figure is in line with World Health Organisation estimates of 4.2 million deaths each year linked to ground-level air pollution, mostly from heart disease, stroke, lung cancer and acute respiratory infections in children
The UNEP said that global emissions need to fall by 7.6%, each year, every year until 2030 to limit global temperature rises to 1.5°C
The 2015 Paris Agreement calls for blocking global warming at well below 2C, and 1.5C if possible
Without action by 2030, climate change could push more than 100-million people in developing countries below the poverty line
A world of narrowing options threatens to pit biofuels, forests and food production against each other
Scientists found one or more common antibiotics in two-thirds of 711 samples taken from rivers in 72 countries
Biodiversity loss and global warming are closely linked, according to the 44-page Summary for Policy Makers
Since October, the world has seen a crescendo of grassroots protests around climate change, especially in western Europe and North America
The Extinction Rebellion is rooted in the conviction that humanity has dug its own grave and has one foot dangling over the edge
The two-week talks are tasked with breathing life into the 2015 Paris Agreement, which vows to cap global warming at ‘well under’ two degrees Celsius