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15 Nov 2021 5 minute read

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...

Home under threat: Endangered savanna elephants have a migratory corridor in the Kavango region. A CURIOUS APE

12 Nov 2021 8 minute read

Paradise lost?

A vast area of Namibia and Botswana is under threat from oil and gas exploration. Devastating consequences are feared for...

12 Nov 2021 3 minute read

A fine kettle of fish

Iris Gonzales visits Manila’s largest fish port, where the effects of an international dispute are playing...

10 Nov 2021 5 minute read

The interview: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Leo Sakamoto speaks to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the former president and favourite to...

Two girls by the roadside near Kazarman. TIM DIRVEN/PANOS

9 Nov 2021 5 minute read

Kyrgyzstan: at a glance

Tina Burrett on Central Asia’s only electoral democracy.

Credit: Pascal Maitre/Panos Between Lokutu & Lukumete, rainforest grows beside the River Congo, dwarving a pirogue sailing near the bank.

8 Nov 2021 4 minute read

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...

5 Nov 2021 3 minute read

What if…urban public transport was free for all?

Conrad Landin explores the idea of a universal free ride.

Extinction Rebelion activists stand in front of police officers as they protest during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, November 3, 2021 REUTERS/Hannah McKay

4 Nov 2021 6 minute read

Tough talk, empty promises?

Nick Dowson weighs up the prospects for success at the COP26.

Campaigners congregate in La Pago, West Papua in support of the Green State vision. Credit: Free West Papua Campaign

4 Nov 2021 6 minute read

West Papua: A Green State vision

Research shows that when indigenous people have proper control of forests, biodiversity is much better protected. Danny...

Image is everything: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the campaign trail prior to the West Bengal elections, March 2021, which his party lost. The huge rallies by all parties were criticized for their irresponsibility during India’s coronavirus crisis. SIPA USA/ALAMY

3 Nov 2021 6 minute read

The vice tightens

The image-obsessed Indian government is intent on shutting down dissent. Rishika Pardikar examines ploys in...

No fear of heights: two engineers check out the drill shaft on an oil platform in the North Sea. HORIZON INTERNATIONAL IMAGES LIMITED/ALAMY

1 Nov 2021 7 minute read

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...

1 Nov 2021 1 minute read

Shifting horizons: the future of work

Workers have been getting increasingly squeezed, with year-on-year declines in the labour share of profits and bargaining...

28 Oct 2021 3 minute read

Introducing...Hibatullah Akhundzada

Richard Swift on the Taliban leadership that now governs over 40 million Afghans.

Ocean Rebellion activists dressed as Boris Johnson and ‘Oil head’ demonstrate on the River Clyde, opposite the Scottish Event Campus, where the COP26 will take place, in Glasgow, Scotland. Reuters/Russell Cheyne

28 Oct 2021 4 minute read

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...

Security forces cracking down on peaceful protesters, Taunggyi, Myanmar. Photo by Robert Bociaga.

26 Oct 2021 4 minute read

Lights off in Myanmar

The energy sector has been a site of international investment in Myanmar, but, with foreign investors jittery and blackouts...

25 Oct 2021 8 minute read

‘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...

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