Pakistan's parliament is the first government assembly building in the world to operate solely on solar energy.

Slashing beef intake by 50% can help meet climate target of keeping temperature rise within 2C limit, according to a studyReuters

Global sea level rose by 14cm in the 20th century - more than in any of the previous 27 centuries, say researchers from Rutgers University who believe climate change is to blame.

India's air pollution levels official overtook China's in 2015, with the average particulate matter exposure exceeding Beijing for the first time in the 21st century.

A specialised white blood cell found in birds can destroy an infection that claims hundreds of thousands of human deaths every year, scientists have claimed.

A mythical boiling river that stretches for four miles has been discovered in the Peruvian Amazon.

Russia has reported the country's first ever case of the Zika virus after a woman contracted the disease in the Dominican Republic.

Climate change is expected to cause a rise in the number of parasites being transmitted from human to human.

Public Health England has warned that the country is likely to see more cases of the Zika virus infections as it confirmed that six cases linked to the outbreak in South America have been detected

Officials in China have confirmed the first case of a person importing the Zika virus from abroad.