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‘Extraordinary is no longer extraordinary’: US scientists on a year of climate disasters

In the summer, we spoke to four experts about the record-breaking heatwave that scorched the western US and Canada. As the year ends they share their hopes and fears for the future

Climate

‘It parodies our inaction’: Don’t Look Up, an allegory of the climate crisis, lauded by activists

Adam McKay’s end-of-the-world film is a ‘powerful’ depiction of society’s response to scientific warnings, campaigners say

Climate

Alok Sharma: Cop26 must not become ‘bunch of meaningless promises’

Climate summit president makes clear UK net zero agenda is responsibility of all government colleagues

Climate

I’m a climate scientist. Don’t Look Up captures the madness I see every day

The movie Don’t Look Up is satire.

Climate

Telling people to ‘follow the science’ won’t save the planet. But they will fight for justice

The climate emergency has clear themes with heroes and villains. Describing it this way is how to build a movement

Climate

‘We’ll get it done. Come hell, high water or Covid’: Can 2022 be a super year for nature?

Biodiversity talks in Kunming are likely to be delayed again, but the world urgently needs a Paris-style agreement for nature

Climate Environment

‘Waste colonialism’: world grapples with west’s unwanted plastic

Germany and UK are big exporters of plastic, much of which lies rotting in ports in Turkey, Vietnam and other countries

Environment

Companies race to stem flood of microplastic fibres into the oceans

New products range from washing machine filters and balls to fabrics made from kelp and orange peel

Technology Solutions Environment

Germany ‘will miss two-year carbon targets’, admits climate minister

The country’s new environment head said: ‘We are starting with a drastic backlog’ Germany is likely to fail to hit its carbon emissions reduction targets in the coming two years, Economy and Climate Protection Minister Robert Habeck told Die Zeit newspaper.

Climate Environment

Is bread bad for the environment?

Bread is a staple food and variations of the popular food item have appeared everywhere in the world, from Middle Eastern pita to Central American tortillas and Ethiopian injera. In the UK alone an estimated 12 million loaves are sold every day.

Climate Environment

It’s time we scrubbed the greenwash off the oil industry

To survive this post-Cambridge Analytica world you must treat everything you encounter as if it might be a #sponsoredpost, You may have seen last week that Shell abandoned its proposed

Climate

Don’t Look Up is right, the end is nigh. Are we ever going to care?

People’s detachment in the face of annihilation feels terrifyingly authentic There is a good reason why people wearing signs in the street saying “The End is Nigh” are ignored: even if their message is true, the delivery is hopelessly inadequate

Climate

The climate crisis spells both risk and opportunity for the financial world

How the next generation of solar, wind and EV companies will fare in the coming year is one of the most exciting parlour games in the City, on Wall Street and in Silicon Valley this holiday season Veterans of the

Climate Technology Solutions

French ban on plastic packaging for fruit and vegetables begins

A new law banning plastic packaging on most fruit and vegetables

Environment

The everyday foods that could become luxuries

Everyday foods such as coffee, meat and spices could become luxury items due to global climate impacts and changing tastes.

Climate Environment

Severe Climate Risk Threatens 40% of World Fossil Reserves.

Nearly half of the world’s fossil fuel reserves are vulnerable to extreme weather brought on by climate change, according to an assessment published last month by risk consultancy Verisk Maplecroft.

Energy Climate Technology Solutions