A thick blanket of smog covers large swathes of northern India, as the air quality index was recorded at levels of "very poor," even bordering on "severe."

Heavy air pollution continued to plague residents of New Delhi on Monday.

Global animal, bird, and fish populations have plummeted more than two-thirds in less than 50 years due to rampant over-consumption, experts say.

Continued inaction on the part of the water industry means one fifth of the daily supply, as much as 3bn litres a day, is lost to leaks with a serious risk of parts of England running out of water in as little as 20years time.

Iran is electrifying nearly 10 million motorbikes and scooters as part of its efforts to fight pollution.

President Hassan Rouhani has opened an express electric train service linking Tehran to a city 82 km west of the Iranian capital.

As with many large cities across the world, pollution is a key factor in the quality of life of Londoners, tainting the air which people breath on a daily basis.

A video shows tons of plastic waste carried by waves onto the Durban beach in South Africa. 

UN chief says we must stop our war against nature, warning that the devastating impact of global warming that threatens humanity is a pushback from nature under assault.

Italian unions have called a general strike to protest working conditions at the country’s struggling steel firm.