An estimated 10,000 people joined the annual Walk Against Warming events hosted in capital cities yesterday calling on politicians to take climate change seriously. Alix Piatek reports.

Bangkok’s famous Khao San Road may still be filled with tourists buying beer and cheap shirts, but the reality is that business owners across Thailand are struggling as tourism drops to all-time lows, reports Patrick Tombola.

“I walked the streets, photographing the chaos, speaking with people on both sides” – photographer Masaru Goto gives his on-the-ground account of the Bangkok clashes.

The doors have opened to what Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) says is the country’s first zero emissions house available for sale on the mass market.

Sydney Roller derby season is underway, with bout two coming up this weekend. Jessica Black captures the action from the first bout in a photo gallery.

Tensions flared yesterday in Thessaloniki, Greece’s second largest city, after Sunday’s agreement between the Government and other eurozone members.

October 24th 2009 marked the International Day of Climate Action, which saw people around the world participating in events to send a message to international leaders in the lead up to the Copenhagen Climate Conference: bring carbon dioxide levels down to 350 PPM.

Reportage-enviro‘s foreign correspondents were there to capture the action.