Europe’s year of fire is set to be the worst ever
The continent is burning at more than twice the normal rate, according to New Statesman analysis.
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IPCC report: the future of climate change in six charts
Global warming will hit 1.5C by 2040, but interventions could still limit a dangerous temperature rise.
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IPCC climate report: the arrival of the natural disaster movie age?
As the new UN report coincides with a summer of fires and floods, the films we grew up with might yet…
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“Dangerous climate change has arrived”: IPCC report is a warning to the world ahead of Cop26
The latest UN climate assessment is out and the message is clear: wake up and act now or face the…
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Can “flight shame” still serve the climate movement in the Covid era?
Shame may have been helpful in maintaining lockdown discipline, but it has also had dark consequences during the pandemic.
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Joe Biden’s infrastructure deal fails to match the climate threat
The US president can prioritise bipartisan cooperation or the climate crisis but not both.
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“We all struggle with despair“: Naomi Klein on overcoming doomism with climate action
Klein’s new handbook-style account of the climate crisis is not only an attempt to help youth activists hone their voices,…
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Consider the Oyster: why economics still has so much to learn from the natural world
From Charles Dickens to the Dasgupta report, the story of the oyster holds gritty hope for conservation.
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