After the floods, Pakistan needs reparations, not charity
Cancel the debt, or let the Bretton Woods group profit from climate disaster, writes Farooq Tariq.
Why Brazil fails to learn from its mining catastrophes
Nick Terdre asks why has nothing changed since Brazil’s last environmental disaster?
Hitting the population brakes
Popular wisdom has it that everything is speeding up, including population growth. Danny Dorling shows just how wrong that is – and argues that we are actually in a time of slowdown. A tour of future population…
If we all became vegan tomorrow
The Guardian repeats the myth that becoming vegan is the ‘single biggest way’ to reduce your impact on Earth. Chris Saltmarsh and Harpreet Kaur Paul disagree.
Western folly and the continuous Nakba
Toufic Haddad argues that the West’s blinkered support for Israel can only escalate disaster.
Just transition – now or never
As Egypt prepares to host the latest UN climate conference, COP27, Hamza Hamouchene and Katie Sandwell call time on ‘business as usual’, which in North Africa means non-solutions that line private pockets at public expense and protect…
What if…we took degrowth seriously?
Ditching planet-popping expansion for justice is a vision worth getting behind, says Dinyar Godrej.
How British colonizers caused the Bengal famine
Jason Hickel shines a different light on a catastrophe that killed three million Indians.
Paradise lost?
A vast area of Namibia and Botswana is under threat from oil and gas exploration. Devastating consequences are feared for the people, wildlife and natural environment. Graeme Green reports on the fight to keep Kavango…
How to talk with conspiracy theorists
Vanessa Baird offers some nifty tips in tackling a growing problem.
‘Every signature was an act of courage’
How did West Papuan campaigners build a 1.8 million-strong petition despite Indonesian repression? By Danny Chivers.
A green recovery
Jake Woodier on the climate activists challenging corporate bailouts for the world’s polluters
Covid-19 testing: Where did England go wrong?
Amelia Schofield of We Own It draws on lessons from contact tracing success stories around the world.
Who are you calling ‘international community’?
When did the ‘international community’ become a synonym for the West, asks Nanjala Nyabola?
Can cash hand-outs cure poverty?
Vanessa Martina Silva considers the track record of Brazil’s flagship Bolsa Família, the world’s largest conditional cash transfer scheme.
New Internationalist’s top reads in 2019
As the year comes to a close, here are the most popular articles on our site
Chile is evading scrutiny on climate justice
The relocation of the UN climate summit to Spain is a distraction from growing state repression.
How arts workers took on big oil
We are finally getting sponsorship out of the arts. Now let’s fix the grim working conditions. It’s all connected, argues Katherine Hearst.
¿Hasta siempre?
After Bolsonaro's withdrawal of 11,000 Cuban doctors from Brazil, Sujatha Fernandes asks how viable the Cuban model of global solidarity is in the 21st century.
Dirty work: a photo essay
Dirty Work showcases the everyday lives of those making a living in the waste trade.
Will the UK listen to the UN’s damning indictment of austerity?
Steve Topple fears not. After all, we’ve been here before...
