Pressure is rising for urgent action to protect Australia's fastest nectar-eater, the swift parrot, after its international status was changed to "critically endangered".

Barring a freak weather event, this month will set a new record for the average daily maximum temperature in October across Australia

Bonn: South Africa on Monday criticised a draft United Nations accord on fighting climate change as a form of "apartheid" against developing nations.

Sydney's fringes are serving as a dumping ground for asbestos waste as unscrupulous builders and renovators seek to avoid costly and labour-intensive legal disposal.

Global temperature records continue to tumble, with August easily the hottest in 124 years of data, Japan's Meteorological Agency says.

The security of Sydney's water supply could be traded off for underground coal mining in direct contradiction to advice from the NSW government's experts.

Two new studies are adding to concerns about one of the most troubling scenarios for future climate change: the possibility that global warming could slow or shut down the Atlantic's great ocean ci

Poor report card: Australia's record on combating climate change and carbon emissions is unsatisfactory, report says.

Five island nations vulnerable to climate change have joined calls for a global moratorium on new coalmines.

Tony Abbott faces a cool reception when he flies to Port Moresby this week from Pacific Island leaders who say global inaction on climate change threatens their existence.