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Investing $1.3 trillion (£800bn) each year in green sectors would deliver long-term stability and growth in the global economy, a UN report suggests.
Getting prepared early for climate change impacts would bring economic benefits to the UK, engineering institutions say.
Much investment has been scaled back, but hopes remain
Invasive non-native species such as the grey squirrel and Japanese knotweed cost the British economy £1.7bn a year, a report suggests.
Wind turbines have proved so successful in one Italian town that the local authorities are able to sell off the excess electricity they create and pump it back into the local economy.
The growing global demand for natural resources threatens to undermine Europe's economy, a report warns.
Collaboration between the UK and India could kick-start moves to a low-carbon economy, says a report by business leaders in the two countries.
Are plans for a green economy still on track?
How critical is science for securing the UK's place in the world?
Hundreds of scientists have been holding a rally outside the Treasury to protest against cuts in their funding.
Dolphin spotters contribute an estimated £4m to Scotland's economy every year, new figures suggest.
China will host its first UN climate change conference this week, as it faces its own challenge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as its economy grows.
The heads of six leading universities warn that deep cuts in the UK's science budget will harm the research base, universities and the economy.
Since Madagascar underwent a violent change of government in 2009, the island nation's economy has collapsed and illegal logging has boomed as people seek any means of earning a living. BBC Radio 4's Crossing Continents reveals how Madagascar's forests have been plundered since the political crisis began.
The UK's science minister David Willetts is to say that there is a rational economic case for Britain to have a strong research base.
If bees and other pollinators were to disappear completely, the cost to the UK could be up to £440m per year, say scientists.
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