News Feature Comment: Movement on Climate Change We are coming to the end of what may well have been the worst year in history ù and certainly in recent memory ù for the effects of extreme weather conditions: of drought and forest fires, of the fiercest hurricanes and the most dangerous floods.

News Feature Comment: A surprising French lesson for the world The life of France is so bound up with the motor car that the decision to hold a car-free day in Paris and 34 other cities came almost as a shock. Not only that, but most French people supported the idea. It is the sort of thing that helps to make the life of the environmentalist worthwhile.