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02 05 2024 | 08:13

Nature destruction will cause bigger economic slump in UK than 2008 crisis, experts warn

The destruction of nature over the rest of the decade could trigger a bigger economic slump in Britain than those caused by the 2008 global financial crisis and the Covid pandemic, experts have…

02 05 2024 | 08:11

Mother trees and socialist forests: is the ‘wood-wide web’ a fantasy?

There are a lot of humans. Teeming is perhaps an unkind word, but when 8 billion people cram themselves on to a planet that, three centuries before, held less than a tenth of that number, it seems…

02 05 2024 | 08:09

How divestment became a ‘clarion call’ in anti-fossil fuel and pro-ceasefire protests

Cameron Jones first learned about fossil fuel divestment as a 15-year-old climate organizer. When he enrolled at Columbia University in 2022, he joined the campus’s chapter of the youth-led climate…

02 05 2024 | 08:06

Repeated periods of heat and drought causing some trees to die – study

Climate change is causing apparently healthy trees to die after periods of heat and drought.

02 05 2024 | 08:05

Athens sky turns orange with dust clouds from Africa

Clouds of dust blown in from the Sahara covered Athens and other Greek cities on Tuesday, one of the worst such episodes to hit the country since 2018, officials said.

02 05 2024 | 08:02

Estuaries, the ‘nurseries of the sea’, are disappearing fast

Estuaries – the place where a river meets the ocean – are often called the “nurseries of the sea”. They are home to many of the fish we eat and support vast numbers of birds, while the surrounding…

02 05 2024 | 07:58

Kenyan government rejects calls to ban TikTok, recommends tighter control over

Kenya has joined a growing list of nations seeking to regulate TikTok in a bid to combat false information, fraud, and the distribution of sexual content. According to reports, the Kenyan government…

02 05 2024 | 07:57

GLOBAL: World’s largest economies agree to phase out coal power before 2035, but miss the opportunity to reject fossil fuels at the scale and speed necessary to meet climate targets

The G7 Climate, Energy and Environment Ministerial held in Turin, Italy released its final text on Tuesday with all seven member states committing to phase out domestic coal power generation before…

02 05 2024 | 07:51

Nestlé adds more sugar to baby food in poorer countries, report finds

Nestlé adds more sugar to baby food sold in lower- and middle-income countries, while more affluent markets get healthier versions, according to a recent report released by a nonprofit group.

02 05 2024 | 07:46

New EU nature law will fail without farmers, scientists warn

The EU’s nature restoration law will only work if it is enacted in partnership with farmers, a group of leading scientists has said, after months of protests have pushed the proposals to the brink of…

02 05 2024 | 07:46

KENYA: organic waste will soon be collected using biodegradable bags

From 8 July 2024, organic waste, including food scraps, will have to be collected using 100% biodegradable bin bags in Kenya, rather than plastic bags. This is a directive issued on 8 April 2024 by…

02 05 2024 | 07:43

The worrying drop in global investment in off-grid solar energy

While off-grid solar power is seen as the ultimate solution for accelerating rural electrification in Africa, analysis of data from the Global Off-Grid Lighting Association (GOGLA) reveals that…

02 05 2024 | 07:40

Goodbye cod, hello herring: why putting a different fish on your dish will help the planet

In the first of a new series, we look at why people reject so much of the bountiful catches from our seas in favour of the same few species, mostly imported – and how to change that

02 05 2024 | 07:39

‘Outrageous’ climate activists get in the faces of politicians and oil bosses – will it work?

The head of ExxonMobil told to “eat shit” as he was about to receive an award. A US senator and coal boss called a “sick fuck”, almost sparking a brawl. Theatre shows interrupted. As the climate…

02 05 2024 | 07:36

‘Privileged access’: pro-plastic lobbyists at UN pollution talks increase by a third

The number of fossil fuel and petrochemical industry lobbyists has increased by more than a third at UN talks to agree the first global treaty to cut plastic pollution, analysis shows.

02 05 2024 | 07:32

The Guardian view on globalisation’s discontent: it’s not right for poor countries to fund the rich

Developing nations have long complained that globalisation has enthroned western currencies in such a way as to subsidise living standards in the rich world.

02 05 2024 | 07:31

MEPs vote to leave treaty used by investors to sue over climate policies

European lawmakers have voted to escape a treaty that lets investors sue governments in private courts for pursuing policies that stop the planet from heating. Fossil fuel companies have used the…

02 05 2024 | 07:29

The Guardian view on the Sahel and its crises: the west can still make a difference

Two apparently separate developments in the Sahel are linked by more than geography. Last week, the US confirmed that it will withdraw more than 1,000 troops from Niger after the military junta…

02 05 2024 | 07:22

Ministers of Germany, Brazil, South Africa and Spain: why we need a global tax on billionaires

When the governors of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund convened for the spring meetings last week, it was all about the really big questions. What can the international community do…