Germany may face crop shortfalls as farming body warns of ‘worst harvest of the century’

Grief turns to anger as authorities blamed for scale of disaster which killed at least 83

Lack of political will ‘condemning Irish nature to loss and decline’, NGOs warn

This week: Leadership lunch with Brian O’Driscoll and the latest thinking on digital marketing

Blaze threatened to cause widespread damage to Doñana wildlife reserve

Global Witness co-founder Patrick Alley exposes links between ecocide and genocide

Duke of Edinburgh’s reputation for plain speaking has led to controversy

The Luas through Trinity, Trump’s 5-star Liberty Hall and a campaign against seagulls

The Rediscovery Centre, in Ballymun in Dublin, specialises in adding value to things we might once have thrown away

When it comes to preserving biodiversity, governments are all talk and no action. It will take more than the UN’s Cancún Declaration to reverse habitat loss and extinction

Staying in touch with the soil can help to make us happier and save the planet

Numbers had declined in recent decades due to pelt hunting and protecting livestock

Image of fish finding shelter among stinging tentacles of giant jellyfish scoops top award

However report says climate change may lead to another decline as bamboo habitats suffer

Police get sweeping powers to monitor overseas not-for-profit organisations

Controversial Bill will give Chinese police more power to restrict overseas charities

Panamanian Law Firm Is Gatekeeper To Vast Flow of Murky Offshore Secrets

Slight reduction in poaching in South Africa offset by increases in Zimbabwe and Namibia

Revised negotiating text is a measure of delegates’ progress at COP21 in Paris

Shortened document and ‘bridging text’ circulated to delegates

Wild salmon and shellfish among species most vulnerable to falling pH levels of seas

Residents afraid as bears roam the streets in search of food in Russia’s Primorsky region

The ‘natural capital’ movement aims to increase awareness of nature’s value

Given humanity’s careless collective evisceration of the natural world, why have millions of people been so moved by the fate of a single lion?

Paris gathering in December has raised hopes leaders will at last make a serious move towards a decarbonised world

Less meat, more vegetables, reduced food waste . . . These are among the ways you can help cut carbon emissions. An event in Dublin this week looks at how we produce food and its impact on climate change

Spain’s protected wolves are heading south and causing havoc for livestock farmers

‘Poet who made your hair stand on end’ has published five collections

Damage to environment more than nature can bear, says World Wildlife Fund

UN summit in September seen as critical

Millions expected to take part in global environmental campaign

What the European Commission sees as flexibility others see as a sell-out

After saving the soft drinks giant, Co Down-born Neville Isdell is turning his sights to Dublin’s CHQ

Boycott supported by Greenpeace, Oxfam, Action Aid, the World Wildlife Fund, Friends of the Earth and the International Trade Union Confederation