Topic: Environment
The brown economy is killing us: Here’s how to fix it
Blog / 12th June 2019Instead of endless growth, can we put human health and welfare at the heart of the global economy, the prime policy goal of governments and business alike? By Ben Martin for the Green Economy Coalition.
We’re stepping up – join us for a day to halt this climate crisis
Blog / 28th May 2019Many notable activists and celebrities are calling for a global climate strike on 20 September. Disrupting our normal lives is the only way to secure our future, says Naomi Klein, Bill McKibben and others.
Global hunger is threatening families because of climate change
Article / 23rd May 2019The wellbeing of families is facing challenges on many fronts and – particularly in the developing world – climate change is perhaps the greatest of these as it is exacerbating hunger and food insecurity, explains Siddharth Chatterjee for the Inter Press Service.
EU Overshoot Day 2019: If EU consumption was the global norm, the Earth’s yearly budget would be exhausted on 10 May
Report / 10th May 201910 May 2019 marks the date by which humanity would have exhausted nature’s annual budget if everybody in the world lived like EU residents, according to a new report by WWF and Global Footprint Network.
The ‘green new deal’ supported by Ocasio-Cortez and Corbyn is just a new form of colonialism
Blog / 7th May 2019In the new energy revolution, we risk perpetuating the belief that rich countries are entitled to a greater share of the world’s finite resources irrespective of who we impoverish in doing so, or the destruction we cause. By Asad Rehman.
Destruction of nature is as big a threat to humanity as climate change
News / 7th May 2019We are destroying nature at an unprecedented rate, threatening the survival of a million species – and our own future, too. But it’s not too late to save them and us, says a major new report.
Notes from a remarkable political moment for climate change
Blog / 2nd May 2019We're in a new climate moment, but social movements must ramp up pressure towards a Second World War–scale mobilization for ending the fossil fuel age, writes Bill McKibben.
Greta Thunberg is right – only a general strike will force action on climate change
Blog / 25th April 2019Every day at work we all contribute to a system that is burning us alive. Downing tools on 27 September will help change it, writes McEver Dugan and Evan Cholerton from Earth Strike.
The importance of equity and finance for more climate ambition
Article / 11th April 2019Finance has always been a contentious issue at climate change talks, but developing countries will only dare commit themselves to greater emission cuts when they are assured that the monies pledged will come through, writes Prerna Bomzan for Third World Resurgence.
With ‘ecological foundations of society’ at risk, warns UN, hope resides in urgent global action
Blog / 21st March 2019A comprehensive United Nations report released on Wednesday found that while global human health is under dire threat from the climate crisis and industrial pollution, there is still a window for bold and urgent action if world leaders would but seize it, reports Jake Johnson for Common Dreams.