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A woman is collecting fish and sipu at sunset in the Dili District in Timor-Leste

December's climate change conference in Paris aims to come up with an international agreement to help limit global warming after 2020, but it is far from the first one. MEPs are this week voting on a recommendation to ensure that the Doha climate agreement, setting targets for emissions reductions up to 2020, is still ratified by the end of the year. Read on to find out more about the first climate change agreements and the efforts to come up with a new global deal to help fight global warming.

Local villager planting trees for more sustainable livelihoods.

Sugar cane and soybean plantations have replaced hectare after hectare of jungle as the Amazon has been exploited in the name of agriculture, with little regard for the environmental impacts.

Sam Kahamba Kutesa (left) with Linda McAvan, chair of the development committee

Climate-related factors are contributing to intensified food insecurity for many of the world's most vulnerable people, worsening situations that were already quite dramatic.

A $90 million grant program was approved by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Wednesday for a global partnership to promote investments in biodiversity conservation, preserve wildlife and encourage sustainable livelihoods in Africa and Asia.

The world will not be able to end hunger and extreme poverty without confronting climate change and its threat to people who are poor and marginalized, according to a new analysis released Thursday by Bread for the World. Changing climate patterns will result in more droughts, floods, and extreme weather events, making it even harder to grow and secure food.

The Grand Canyon is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.