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Saving water is becoming more and more important in our growing and changing world. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency honored Synthetic Oils and Lubricants (SOLTEX) for inventing a new process that eliminates the use of water and reduces the use of hazardous chemicals in petroleum products.

Greenpeace activists from the flagship Rainbow Warrior on Friday took action against the mass of coal ships in Australian waters, waiting to export climate change worldwide.

At Norway's high Arctic region, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre) visits Blomstrandbreen glacier to be briefed by scientists and observe first-hand the advances of climate change since visiting in 2009. Seated to his right is Foreign Minister, Børge Brende of Norway.

Children are already suffering as a result of drought in some parts of DPR Korea and many more may be at serious risk of malnutrition and disease if it continues, UNICEF warned on July 8.

Grizzly and cubs in Yellowstone National Park.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Navajo Nation EPA announced a pair of settlements with the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority to bring its wastewater treatment facility in Window Rock into compliance both with the federal Clean Water Act and the Navajo Nation Clean Water Act.

The EU's emissions trading scheme (ETS) was set up to reduce gas emissions and fight climate change, but it is not working as efficiently as it could be. MEPs discuss on 7 July an informal deal with member states to reform the scheme and will then vote on it the following day. The legislation would tackle the imbalances of supply and demand of emission allowances, which is holding back investment in green technologies.

Blue and John Crow Mountains, Jamaica

The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) has set out its commitments for the UN climate talks in Paris in December later this year. Speaking during the World Climate Summit in Lyon, The chair of the CoR's climate and energy commission, Francesco Pigliaru, said: "We need less talk and more real commitment. Finding an answer to the impact of climate change for our planet and people needs ambition, which is why the European Committee of the Regions has continued to call for the EU and its Member States to set the bar high and cut greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2050."