environment

The coronavirus is plunging the global economy into an unprecedented recession. We need to wipe away the debt bondage of Global South countries and launch a Global Green New Deal that will allow…

A time of crisis is not just a time of anxiety and worry. It gives a chance, an opportunity, to choose well or to choose badly. —Desmond Tutu

NATURE FIRST Following Mother Nature’s lead through ecosystem-based adaptation

Coronavirus has led to reduced pollution, re-emerging wildlife and plunging oil prices and shown the size of the task facing humanity. The skies are clearing of pollution, wildlife is returning to…

The coronavirus has shown what happens when there’s a large shock to the world economy. That’s why efforts to combat climate change must not slow down. For the first time since its inception 50…

Taking down the fossil fuel industry requires taking on the institutions that finance it. Even during a pandemic, this movement is gaining steam.

Report from UN World Food Programme and others warns 265m people are facing acute risk. The coronavirus crisis will push more than a quarter of a billion people to the brink of starvation unless…

Climate change will mean one emergency after another, year after year, as heat waves, floods, fire and storms blow cascades of failures through our systems.

Actions that ensure public trust in science and refute damaging misinformation are critical

Half a century in a timeline. 50 years of events, climate policy, actions and data about CO2, temperature, and population. 50 years that have brought science to the foreground of policymaking.

Are environmental movements like ‘Earth Day’ still effective in inducing action to combat the imminent threat of a climate breakdown? Earth day began in 1970 as a unified response to an environment…

From singing birthday cards to baby food pouches, a growing trend of mixing materials is making recycling even harder. The cheerful, singing voice inside your musical “Happy Birthday” card is enough…

Green groups come together to warn that welcome financial support from government is failing to go far enough A group of leading UK nature, science and conservation organisations have today warned…

Scientists say insects are vital and the losses worrying, with accelerating declines in Europe called ‘shocking’. The biggest assessment of global insect abundances to date shows a worrying drop of…

This is the last article of a five-part series examining the technology we’ll need to fully decarbonize our energy system, relying on as few technology “moonshots” as possible. I. The Electric…

Did you know that each year, mangroves store the equivalent of carbon emissions from 26 million cars? And that just 100 meter of mangrove can reduce the force of a wave by half?

Africa has passed the grim milestone of 10,000 reported cases of coronavirus, along with more than 500 deaths, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (ACDC). As the daily…

Witnesses accuse government of covering up severity of blaze near site of nuclear disaster. Wildfires in Ukraine have spread to just over a mile from the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant and a…

Catastrophic wildfires, decreasing snowpack and dwindling water resources have become a normal part of life for residents in the western U.S. And, as a result of climate change, this may be just the…