Huge scale of human-driven loss of species demands urgent action, say world's leading scientists

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the ban could eliminate 1.3 million tons of plastic waste over the next decade.

New research comes months after Australian government lobbied to keep coral reef off world heritage "in danger" list.

Europe will miss a key climate target for cutting greenhouse gas emissions by more than 20 years unless it picks up the pace on energy transition measures and improves governance, a study involving Europe's biggest utility Enel said.

A failure to slash global emissions is setting the world on a "catastrophic" path to 2.7 degrees Celsius heating, UN chief Antonio Guterres warned Friday just weeks before crunch climate talks. 

Report warns temperatures likely to rise by more than 1.5C bringing widespread extreme weather.

Heating from humans has caused irreparable damage to the Earth that may get worse in coming decades.