The world is on track to hit 2.7 degrees Celsius of warming by 2100 despite stronger emissions reduction targets, the United Nations has said on the eve of global climate talks.

Agriculture experts from The Australian National University (ANU) have teamed up with government bodies and NGOs in sub-Saharan Africa to improve irrigation schemes and boost crop production. The researchers' work is improving food security, reducing water waste and lifting people out of poverty.

Only one in five people sought medical attention but half reported anxiety, depression and sleep loss.

A new IPCC report makes clear what island nations have long warned. Their survival depends on urgent collective action.

Australia is experiencing widespread, rapid climate change not seen for thousands of years and may warm by 4℃ or more this century, according to a highly anticipated report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

A lead author of latest IPCC report says humans ‘still in the control cabin of the planet’ but there is no limit to the damage possible.