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5 Aug 2021 3 minute read

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A bloody business

Iris Gonzales reflects on a violent national obsession that has only grown under coronavirus restrictions...

2 Aug 2021 17 minute read

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How shadow courts threaten the climate

An international energy agreement could leave governments across the Global South exposed to expensive lawsuits from...

1 Aug 2021 3 minute read

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‘Will my activism jeopardize my future?’

A climate activist fears what impact a conviction could have on their future and turns to Agony Uncle.

Photo by Fred Murphy is licensed under CC BY-ND-NC 1.0.

18 Jul 2021 3 minute read

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Introducing… From The Front

Over the next two years, our new series will explore pathways to peace and environmental protection.

29 Mar 2021 5 minute read

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Could an international ecocide law be around the corner?

Lawyers are drafting a legal definition of ecocide which could lead to prosecutions at the International Criminal Court....

17 Mar 2021 3 minute read

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What if…we banned the intensive farming of animals?

Hazel Healy imagines an end to cheap meat.

The abandoned remains of a forklift overgrown with trees, next to a destroyed beachfront house in Futaba, Fukushima. Credit: C.E.J. Simons.Credit: C.E.J. Simons.

10 Mar 2021 5 minute read

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Fukushima communities are building a sustainable future

Ten years on from the devastating nuclear disaster, citizens are working together to show that nuclear power and fossil...

Community resistance by ‘Shell to Sea’ campaigners in Ireland, who have linked their struggle to those against Shell in Nigeria. Image by Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland

25 Feb 2021 4 minute read

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What kind of world do we want to retire into?

As a new report exposes the billions of pounds...

Tourists and photographers zoom in on wildlife at the Mara river during the great wildebeest migration, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. ERIC BACCEGA/ALAMY

18 Feb 2021 7 minute read

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Beyond the tourist trail

Conservationists in the Global South are seeking sustainable pathways, finds Graeme Green.

8 Jan 2021 3 minute read

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What if…we got real about sustainability?

It might reverse the UN’s order of holiness, Vanessa Baird finds.

6 Jan 2021 3 minute read

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What if…exporting waste were banned?

Time to face our own rubbish, Vanessa Baird suggests.

29 Dec 2020 2 minute read

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5 reasons why care and the climate are inseparable

Amy Hall on the underappreciated link between the twin crises of our times.

27 Jul 2020 3 minute read

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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...

5 Jul 2020 1 minute read

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The global fight for clean air

What’s in store for the future when it comes to stopping air pollution? Watch experts and campaigners discuss the fight for...

In a jam, sitting in traffic in Metro Manila, the Philippines. Jolene Torres/Unsplash

15 Jun 2020 6 minute read

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How to stop progress

Dana Drugmand explains how the powerful car industry has continually blocked change to keep us hooked.

14 Jun 2020 3 minute read

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‘I don’t want to live like this’

Community journalists from the northeast of England on the impact of air pollution on their lives.

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