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.
Carbon capture – still a pipe dream?
Danny Chivers weighs up the evidence on carbon-capture technologies and finds them wanting.
5 reasons why care and the climate are inseparable
Amy Hall on the underappreciated link between the twin crises of our times.
Can Amazon really deliver a low-carbon future?
Danny Chivers reveals the deep flaws of ‘net-zero’ targets.
Green and just
How to finance a Green New Deal that is truly global? Fadhel Kaboub has a proposal that builds in colonial and climate reparations.
Sun sets on Big Oil
Endtimes for Big Oil. Danny Chivers and Jess Worth have some good news from the frontlines.
5 polluters making the pandemic pay
Amy Hall gives a rundown of some of the companies and industries who have ramped up their ruinous activities during Covid-19.
A green recovery
Jake Woodier on the climate activists challenging corporate bailouts for the world’s polluters
Why do churches still have £18 million invested in fossil fuels?
Despite pledging to divest from fossil fuels in 2018, the Church of England regional dioceses continue to profit from companies including Shell, BP and Total. Frances Rankin of DeSmog investigates.
In an uncertain global future, is it ethical to have children?
Ethical and political dilemmas abound these days. Seems like we’re all in need of a New Internationalist perspective. Enter stage: Agony Uncle.
Temperature check
Aruna Chandrasekhar on how climate activism has kept going in a time of isolation.
Temperature check
Danny Chivers is buoyed up by three decisive victories led by indigenous groups against fossil fuel interests in Australia, Brazil and Canada.
Recording climate catastrophe
Louise Gray on sonic journalism, a novel way of recording the decline of the natural world.
During a climate crisis, is flying acceptable?
Agony Uncle weighs in on a carbon-conscious reader's dilemma.
When a ‘climate election’ goes wrong
All is not lost. Danny Chivers offers four movement-building strategies for the years ahead.
A continent ablaze
The fires currently engulfing much of Australian territory are the product of 30 years’ wilful negligence and greed, argues Marc Hudson.
The fight for children’s rights
On Human Rights Day, Kamena Dorling reflects on how children are claiming their right to protect the planet’s future.
Has Extinction Rebellion got the right tactics?
Few argue that the mass movement to combat inertia on the climate crisis has a point. But is it going about it the right way? Chay Harwood and Marc Hudson, both environmental campaigners, go head to head.
What if...cities became car-free?
Vanessa Baird on how to turn a toxic bane into a liberating blessing.
Chile is evading scrutiny on climate justice
The relocation of the UN climate summit to Spain is a distraction from growing state repression.
Negotiating a just retreat from rising seas
As cities begin planning for coastal erosion, relocating residents has paved the way for land grabs, forced evictions and a new wave of climate-driven gentrification. Jennifer Johnson reports.
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.
Diary of a rebel
Charlotte Greene* shares a powerful and personal account of 24-hours with Extinction Rebellion’s October uprising in London.
Rebel with a tentacle
Exclusive: the inside story on Jeanne-Luc, Extinction Rebellion’s pink Octopus.
What we cannot avoid
Jeremy Seabrook on the virulent nostalgias which obscure an essential conflict – how to reconcile the needs of the planet with the necessities of economics?
Voices from the global climate strike
The global climate strike is a crucial mobilization against ecological breakdown. Adam Weymouth speaks to those preparing to strike.
Why is public money propping up fossil fuels?
Danny Chivers unpacks how the public purse continues to subsidize extractive industry.
Seven ways to fight fires in the Amazon
Danny Chivers explains how those outside Latin America can act in solidarity with forest defenders.
Beyond Little Britain: a Green New Deal for Europe
British progressives must focus on different ways of co-operating with Europe, regardless of Brexit, argue David Adler and Pawel Wargan.
Lethal heat has taken hold in the Global South
Tom Matthews explains why European heatwaves pale in comparison to climate impacts elsewhere.
Five paths to combatting climate breakdown
Climate breakdown is in the spotlight. Danny Chivers offers five ways to seize the moment.
Habitable Earth
There’s still time to mitigate the worst effects of climate change. Can we pull it off? Hazel Healy makes the case for conditional optimism.
What can I do to stop climate change?
Lifestyle changes are no substitute for collective action. But personal carbon-cutting still matters. Mike Berners-Lee lays out a nine-step carbon detox.
Will the rich escape climate apocalypse?
The billionaire class are preparing for doomsday. Only problem is, the rest of us aren’t invited. Tom Whyman explains.
How do we get to zero-carbon emissions?
A graphic blueprint that models radical CO2 reductions to 2050. By Information is Beautiful.
