Environment
This section considers how we can build a world that works both for the planet and for its people. We draw attention to the perils of deep sea mining and continued coal extraction while considering solutions to the environmental crisis through interview pieces and critical analysis of current, technological solutions.
The woman who saved a beach and sparked a movement
Alison Homewood meets the inspirational nonagenarian June Haimoff.
21st century COP out
A brief illustrated history of the climate negotiations by cartoonist Kate Evans.
Paris deal: Epic fail on a planetary scale
The Paris Agreement is being hailed as a great success. But will it deliver climate justice? Danny Chivers and Jess Worth put it to the test.
A brief history of really bad ideas
Marienna Pope-Weidemann reminds us that climate justice activists are the ones with their feet on the ground.
Youth stand with vulnerable to demand climate justice
Young delegates inside the Paris climate summit were frustrated that the media were ignoring key issues. So yesterday, they took matters into their own hands, Morgan Curtis reports.
Myth 6: Fossil fuels are more economically viable than renewables
Not if you look at the environmental costs, says Dinyar Godrej.
Global Climate March: pictures from around the world
People marching in France, Germany, South Africa and elsewhere on 29 November 2015, part of New Internationalist's live coverage of the Paris climate talks.
Escaping carbon slavery: the view from Nigeria
The climate negotiations have done worse than nothing to prevent climate change. Nigerian activist Adesuwa Uwagie-Ero suggests paths toward climate justice.
The Left should embrace degrowth
Giorgos Kallis explains why we should all be living ‘the degrowth way’.
China's climate transition
Is the world's most populous country a climate villain or an environmental leader? Sam Geall investigates.
Beware Cowspiracy – and the spread of the vegan virus
Alison Homewood on the doc that’s turning people vegan in droves.
Are nomads a climate-change weathervane?
Fear and fascination govern how urban types see nomads, writes Tom Hart.
Dirty games
Azerbaijan will be showing its friendly face this month as it hosts the European Games. But it’s what is going on behind the scenes that is important, argue Emma Hughes and James Marriott.
What can Mad Max tell us about water scarcity?
Beulah Devaney finds an unexpected message in the Hollywood blockbuster.
Total control: is Monsanto unstoppable?
Monsanto has a mission. But where will it lead the rest of us? Vanessa Baird begins this month's investigation into one of the world's most powerful and hated corporations.
Race science rears its ugly head
Racism disguised as academic research must be robustly challenged, argues Gavin Evans.
Desertec: the renewable energy grab?
Desert solar plants planned for North Africa are just another exploitative resource grab, argues Hamza Hamouchene.
Shifting priorities: from arms to renewables
Andrew Smith and Matthew Burnett-Stuart urge the government to reconsider its spending plans.
Living with fracking
What’s it like to live next door to the fracking rigs? Six photographers spent two years in gas-rich Pennsylvania trying to find out.
Mexico’s ‘worst environmental disaster in modern times’
Jen Wilton investigates the murky waters of an August 2014 chemical spill which is still rocking the boat in Mexico.
Greenham Common's final act
Peace campaigner Sarah Hipperson completes the final act in a peace drama that has dominated the last 30 years of her life. Paul Donovan reports.
Climate change greenwashing
Peru’s climate change talks open to allegations of hypocrisy and deception, Stephanie Boyd reports.
Controversial ‘killing law’ leads to Bucharest stray-dog slaughter
Stephen McGrath reports from Romania on the country’s animal-abuse shame.
Spinning gold: the ‘happy’ story of Canadian mining
What world are Goldcorp’s shareholders living in, wonders Emilie Teresa Smith as she sits in on their AGM.
Resisting corporate takeover: 'when our land is free, we’re all free'
Silas Siakor and Jacinta Fay document the Jogbahn Clan’s struggles against agribusiness in Liberia.
Should halal and kosher methods of slaughter be banned?
Viva! campaigner Tony Wardle and social commentator Mohammed Ansar go head to head.
Madagascar tar sands threat
Kara Moses reports on plans to dig bitumen in a 'biological treasure trove'.
Defending people’s milk in India
A vibrant network of small producers and milk co-operatives is threatened by free trade agreements and liberalized investment policies.
Indigenous Kenyans evicted in the name of ‘conservation’
Matthew Newsome exposes a government scheme to rob the Sengwer people of their forest home.
Will fracking realign the world?
Pundits foresee an altered world order brought on by fracked gas and oil. Dinyar Godrej thinks the changes could play out quite differently.
‘Seeds of change’ in the struggle against global hunger
Our global food production system is broken. Kepa Artaraz on resistance to growing corporate domination.
A worldwide water revolution starts in Guatemala
Clean water for millions – thanks to a man called Fernando. Anna Bevan reports.
Is it time to ditch the pursuit of economic growth?
Economist and author Dan O'Neill and journalist and author Daniel Ben-Ami go head-to-head.
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Rio Tinto and the Oyu Tolgoi mine
Richard Harkinson and Richard Solly from London Mining Network on the project threatening the rights of indigenous people in Mongolia.
