Climate
In the face of the climate crisis, we must be courageous; we must retain hope that our climate solutions will succeed. In this section, we consider current adaptation and mitigation strategies that could help us halt and reverse catastrophe. Our journalists interview activists and those on the frontlines of climate change to learn how people are coping with, and preparing for, extreme weather events and changing rainfall patterns. We also cover the breadth of climate justice activism happening across the globe.
Africa’s military coups are climate coups
Abdoulie Ceesay, Gambian representative to COP28, argues that the West must take climate action – not militarization.
Is it time more activists broke the law?
As he releases the documentary ‘Is It Time To Break The Law?’, activist and presenter Chris Packham talks to Graeme Green about activism and the ‘radical flank’ effect.
Event: Time to pay up (Online)
Join us on Monday 25 September to discuss the growing demands for debt cancellation, and climate reparations alongside special guests.
Taxcast: Who owns the climate crisis?
Naomi Fowler of the Tax Justice Network investigates how wealthy elites and transnational companies benefit from the climate crisis
Study: Big Oil shareholders’ profits soar as world melts
A new report shows the dramatic rise in cash earnings of shareholders in Britain’s big oil since the Paris Agreement.
Carbon credit dollars stir up communities in Kenya
Can you really put a price on nature? Anthony Lang’at reports on a controversial scheme seen as innovative and beneficial by some and carbon colonialism by others.
Electric cars – climate saviours or eco-villains?
Should we believe the hype about electric cars? Danny Chivers assesses the state of play.
How to fight the clampdown on climate activism
Governments are pushing back against climate activism with violence, anti-protest laws and prison sentences. But we can resist, writes Danny Chivers.
Futures: A world to win
We don’t just need solutions – we need the courage to imagine they will succeed. Conrad Landin makes the case for collective action to secure a just future.
Temperature check
Danny Chivers shares some good news for the climate.
Climate change? It’s everyone’s problem
It’s naive to assume that rich countries will escape the impacts of a changing climate, argues Nanjala Nyabola.
Is it too late to stop climate collapse?
The theory of ‘deep adaptation’ is rapidly gaining support. Richard Swift assesses how far, if anywhere, it will take us and what better paths we could go down.
What if…we said ‘no’ to concrete?
The world is turning grey as more and more concrete is poured. Vanessa Baird posits an alternative.
Feminists challenge inaction at UN summit
Conservative anti-rights groups, and the failure of rich nations to take responsibility for climate change, threatened to block progress at this year’s women’s rights conference, writes Umyra Ahmad.
‘We don’t know what will happen tomorrow’
Caught in the chaos of war, Paul Krantz speaks to young climate activists in Ukraine whose message is clear: modern wars are fossil fuel wars.
The ultimate 2022 climate to-do list
What will be the definitive climate struggles of 2022? Danny Chivers shares global activists’ to do list.
‘Are carbon emissions an inevitable part of my caffeine addiction?’
Our Agony Uncle responds to a reader’s question about coffee-related carbon emissions.
Old school adaptation
Moushumi Basu reports from Assam, India, on the people turning to traditional ‘home grown’ strategies to keep their communities fed and deal with the uncertainty of climate change.
Soil – the climate fix that COP forgot
Danny Chivers digs into a major Indian farming project that pulls carbon from the air – and increases yields for farmers.
‘Honour our knowledge…or get out the way’
Stefan Simanowitz meets with the indigenous activists who feel they have been snubbed by the Glasgow Climate Pact.
Five things you need to know about the Glasgow Climate Pact
Following the Glasgow Climate Pact, the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels still has a pulse, argue Simon Lewis and Mark Maslin – but only just.
The COP26 deforestation pledge alone won’t save the Congo Basin
The recent anti-deforestation pledge at the UN climate talks is a welcome announcement, but to protect the ‘lungs of Africa’ it must go further, writes Camilla Barungi.
West Papua: A Green State vision
Research shows that when indigenous people have proper control of forests, biodiversity is much better protected. Danny Chivers speaks to Raki Ap about the case for supporting West Papuan statehood.
Green jobs – puffery and promise
As the UN climate talks commence – where talk of a green and just transition for workers is on the agenda – Conrad Landin inspects the ground realities for oil workers in Scotland.
Cleaning up the climate talks
After years of campaigning, Big Oil has finally been barred from COP26. But other big polluters still need to be kicked out, writes Danny Chivers.
‘Think about what is to come, for all generations’
Faced with Covid restrictions and visa backlogs, many activists from the Global South might not get to the COP26 climate summit. But their voices need to be heard. From Peru, Melania Canales, Henry Córdova and Osver Polo talk to Vanessa Baird and the Peru Support Group.
The interview: Susan Nakyung Lee
Amy Hall speaks to Global Assembly organizer Susan Nakyung Lee about the limits and potential of democracy and how a snapshot of the world’s population will take their message directly to COP26.
Five useful things you can do during COP26
Danny Chivers offers up five useful things we can all do to secure meaningful action during the COP26 climate talks.
Will COP26 deliver?
With the legitimacy UN climate conference under question, Eve Livingston speaks to the activists adamant that change will come from the grassroots.
Greenwashing big hydropower
Despite being linked to several disasters, the Asian Development Bank has reaffirmed its commitment to large hydro developments. Rishika Pardikar speaks to people holding it to account.
How shadow courts threaten the climate
An international energy agreement could leave governments across the Global South exposed to expensive lawsuits from corporate investors. Juliet Ferguson of Investigate Europe reports.
‘Will my activism jeopardize my future?’
A climate activist fears what impact a conviction could have on their future and turns to Agony Uncle.
Is there such a thing as a ‘good’ carbon offset?
Is there more to carbon offsetting than greenwash? Danny Chivers explores.
Introducing… From The Front
Over the next two years, our new series will explore pathways to peace and environmental protection.
