Topic: Environment
World warned: Change now or endanger food and climate
News / 9th August 2019Humanity faces increasingly painful trade-offs between food security and rising temperatures within decades unless it curbs emissions and stops unsustainable farming and deforestation, a landmark climate assessment warned on Thursday.
A quarter of humanity faces looming water crises
News / 9th August 2019Countries that are home to one-fourth of Earth’s population face an increasingly urgent risk: The prospect of running out of water.
Climate change: 12 years to save the planet? Make that 18 months
Blog / 9th August 2019Current plans to cut global carbon emissions are nowhere near strong enough to keep temperatures below the so-called safe limit - and 2020 is a deadline for action, explains Matt McGrath.
Never ending growth?
Article / 1st August 2019The drive for continuous economic growth is the fatal flaw in the UN's plan to end poverty and save the planet, writes Joan Martinez Alier and Nick Meynen.
World marks earliest ‘Earth Overshoot Day’
Blog / 1st August 2019On Monday 29 July, humanity will consume more resources through the end of 2019 than the planet can sustainably regenerate for the year, according to the Global Footprint Network, which has been calculating Earth Overshoot Day since 1986.
UN report shows mixed results in meeting SDGs
Report / 26th July 2019The United Nations launched its 2019 report on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), showing inadequate progress in the fourth year into the sustainable development agenda and highlighting the need for imminent global action.
One climate crisis disaster happening every week, UN warns
News / 8th July 2019Climate crisis disasters are happening at the rate of one a week, though most draw little international attention and work is urgently needed to prepare developing countries for the profound impacts, the UN has warned.
'Climate apartheid' to push 120 million into poverty by 2030, UN says
News / 26th June 2019The world is facing a "climate apartheid" between the rich who can protect themselves and the poor who are left behind, the UN has warned in a new report.
Global inequality in a time of climate emergency
Article / 26th June 2019Every national campaign for tackling climate change also needs an international justice plank, because we’re not going to get anywhere near the Paris temperature targets without global sharing and cooperation, writes Tom Athanasiou for Inequality.org.
We must transform our lives and values to save this burning planet
Article / 17th June 2019Individual choices matter, but they will not save the world. What we must do is reorient our politics towards a recognition of the limits of our planet, writes Susanna Rustin.