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New analysis reveals likely impact of global warming on plants and animals if we fail to take action, and comes ahead of crunch climate talks in Paris

In pictures: Animals and plants that could be lost because of climate change

One in six of the planet’s species will be lost forever to extinction if world leaders fail to take action on climate change, according to a new analysis.

The stark warning on the scale of global warming’s impact on animals and plants comes just months before nearly 200 governments meet for UN climate talks in Paris in an attempt to forge a global deal on cutting carbon emissions.

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Matthew Waltho discusses the ambitions and happenings at the Tonsley Development, a mixed-use precinct which will support the transformation of South Australia’s manufacturing industry by providing a high quality, people-focused and knowledge-driven environment.

Matthew Waltho:
Prior to joining the Tonsley Project as Sustainability Manager, Matt worked for 10 years in UK Government and Local Council, integrating sustainability principles into economic development policy and large scale infrastructure projects. He also developed the Environmental evidence base and led the Strategic Environmental Assessment for the first Integrated Regional Strategy in England’s North West Region. Matt is responsible for delivering a Green Star Community for Tonsley under the Green Building Council Australia’s Pilot rating tool.

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Cast: AdelaideSBN

Tags: Renewal SA, Tonsley, Green Star Communities and sustainable urban planning

Find out the latest updates on the Commonwealth Marine Reserves Review.

Weak renewable energy goals for 2030 originated with Shell pitch for gas as a key technology for Europe to cut its carbon emissions in an affordable way

Shell successfully lobbied to undermine European renewable energy targets ahead of a key agreement on emissions cuts reached in October last year, newly released documents reveal.

At the time of the emissions deal, the European commission president, Jose Manuel Barroso, said: “This package is very good news for our fight against climate change.” He added: “No player in the world is as ambitious as the EU.”

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With rhino numbers collapsed due to poaching for their horns, a lot rides on one pampered animal in the Kenyan savannah doing his best to further the species

Mohamed Doyo seems to have a dream job. Every evening, he patrols the Kenyan savannah, glimpsing lions chasing down darting Thomson’s gazelles, hearing the calls of red-chested cuckoos and, when there is a full moon, seeing the majestic, snow-capped peaks of Mount Kenya in the distance.

But Doyo can scarcely stop to admire the extraordinary views because he and a large squad of rangers perform an extraordinary job: they must keep poachers away from one of the rarest species on earth, including the star attraction at the 135 sq mile conservancy, Sudan, the world’s last male northern white rhino.

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Greenpeace activists Frank Hewetson, Alex Harris and Phil Ball spent 100 days in a Russian prison after protesting against Arctic oil exploration. At a Guardian Members’ event they told the dramatic story of their imprisonment and release

By all accounts, the violent storming of Greenpeace’s Arctic Sunrise ship by Russian commandos in September 2013 and the subsequent jailing of the 30 activists and journalists on board, facing a 15-year sentence for piracy, was a terrifying and devastating experience.

At a Guardian Live event, activists Frank Hewetson, Alex Harris and Phil Ball (in the audience), were joined by Ben Stewart – Greenpeace’s head of media at the time and author of a new book describing the events, Don’t Trust, Don’t Fear, Don’t Beg.

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The Australian Government will host the Threatened Species Summit in Melbourne on 16 July 2015.

Huge lumps of congealed fat, waste and wet wipes are blocking sewage systems around the world, from west London to Melbourne

You can run but you can’t hide … or flush your toilet. Yep, it’s the return of the fatberg, a monstrous blob of congealed fat, waste, and wet wipes coming soon to asewer near you. Especially if you happen to live in west London. This week’s culprit is a 40-metre bruiser removed from under the leafy streets of Chelsea and weighing as much as five Porsches. The latest fatberg was so big-boned it broke a 70-year-old sewer pipe, leaving Thames Water with a £400,000 repair bill.

It wasn’t even the area’s worst. In 2013, “Britain’s biggest berg”, weighing 15 tonnes and as long as a double-decker bus, was found in Kingston upon Thames, and last year a fatberg the size of a Boeing 747 was discovered under the streets of Shepherd’s Bush. It’s only a matter of time before a fatberg as mighty as the Titanic herself bursts out of the manholes on High Street Ken and starts ransacking the place, Slimer-from-Ghostbusters style.

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This year's Earth Day comes just months before a landmark UN climate summit, is marked by a Google Doodle

• Join the Guardian's climate campaign, Keep it in the Ground

Which year was the first Earth Day?

1960

1970

1980

Who founded the first Earth Day in the US?

Gaylord Nelson

Al Gore

Amory Lovins

When did Margaret Thatcher first warn in a Royal Society speech about the dangers of global warming?

1981

1985

1988

What level of warming do international negotiators regard as the threshold for dangerous climate change?

1C

2C

3C

Which pair won a Nobel prize in 2007 for their efforts to tackle climate change?

Al Gore and Rajendra Pachauri

David Cameron and Rajendra Pachauri

Yvo de Boer and Rajendra Pachauri

How much of proven fossil fuel reserves need to stay under the ground to stay below 2C?

Around two thirds to three quarters

Around a tenth

Around a third

In which European city is a major UN climate summit being held in November and December this year?

Bonn

Geneva

Paris

The UN climate science panel said with what % certainty that climate change is manmade?

75%

85%

95%

Who was the author of an influential 2006 report on the economics of climate change?

Stanislav Stern

Nicholas Stern

Todd Stern

Which two charitable organisations is the Guardian asking to divest from fossil fuels?

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Wellcome Trust

The Ford Foundation and J. Paul Getty Trust

The Church Commissioners for England and W.K. Kellogg Foundation

4 and above.

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7 and above.

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10 and above.

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The Minister has agreed to transfer the Leadbeater's Possum from the endangered to the critically endangered category under the EPBC Act and approved the conservation advice.

Big things are happening on Rotoroa, a new sanctuary for endangered species that aims to create a whole new ecosystem

Rotoroa Island, off the coast of New Zealand is tiny, at just 82 hectares (200 acres), but don’t let its diminutiveness fool you: big things are happening here. Over the past few years the island has become the site of a quiet, but grand, conservation experiment. What would happen if you populated an island with a whole suite of endangered species, some of which were never found there to begin with? And what would happen if you didn’t fence the island off and keep pesky humans out, but let people – school groups even – tramp through the grounds?

Across most of our planet, truly wild, unmanaged places are a thing of the past.

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Vespa velutina, which preys on honey bees, is already spreading rapidly across mainland Europe and could pose a serious risk to the UK’s apiculture

Beekeepers have been told to be alert for invading hornets that have killed six people in France and could pose to serious risk to Britain’s honey bees.

The Asian hornet, which preys on honey bees, is spreading rapidly across France and other parts of mainland Europe, and there are fears its arrival in Britain is only a matter of time – particularly in light of the unusually warm spring weather.

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The biggest per-capita tallies were in countries known for green awareness, such as Norway and Denmark, with Britain fifth and US ninth on the UN report’s list

A record amount of electrical and electronic waste was discarded around the world in 2014, with the biggest per-capita tallies in countries that pride themselves on environmental consciousness, a report said.

Last year, 41.8m tonnes of so-called e-waste – mostly fridges, washing machines and other domestic appliances at the end of their life – was dumped, the UN report said.

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Application on ecological sustainability - comments open from 20 April 2015 until 18 May 2015

Application on ecological sustainability - comments open from 20 April 2015 until 18 May 2015

The view inside one of the wrecked nuclear reactors at Fukushima filmed by a robot. The robot collected temperature, radiation data and images before it became stuck and lost connection. Pictures lit by a lamp on the robot showed steam wafting around the chamber and debris that looked like small rocks and metal parts. Three nuclear reactors went into meltdown after an earthquake triggered a tsunami four years ago Continue reading...

Study predicts dinner favourites plaice and lemon sole facing severe depletion and rapid warming of North Sea already forcing haddock out of British waters

Some of the UK’s most popular fish may be driven from the North Sea, and the UK’s dinner plates, by rising temperatures, scientists warned on Monday.

Fishmonger favourites plaice, lemon sole and haddock are being pushed out of their traditional feeding grounds by rapidly warming sea temperatures. The waters of the North Sea have warmed by 1.3C in the past 30 years, four times faster than the global average. Since the 1980s landings of cold-adapted species have halved.

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Abstract submissions closing soon, plus EESA Tindo tour

Have your say on how best to reduce the impact of feral cats on threatened species. Consultation period closes 8 July 2015.

National Grid begins construction on T-pylons, designed to have less impact on the landscape, in Nottinghamshire

They’ve marched tirelessly across the country for the last century, a 90,000-strong army of steel sentinels carrying electricity across hill and vale, gracefully suspended from their spindly frames. But now, the classic British pylon is facing extinction, thanks to a newcomer on the block: the whiter-than-white T-pylon, unveiled this week by the National Grid.

Designed by the Danish architecture and engineering firm Bystrup, the new pylon looks a bit like a ski lift mast adorned with two dangly diamond earrings, which hold three cables either side of the central pole.

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