Environment / Climate Change

In order to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C, over 80 per cent of known fossil-fuel reserves simply cannot be burned. As political systems fail, Danny Chivers writes about the social movements are targeting mines, rigs, infra­structure and investment to keep carbon in the ground. Illustrations: Jason Ngai.

Pacific Climate Warrior Brianna Fruean and Anna Taylor of UK school strikes movement talk what inspires them and how to avoid activist burnout. Conversation moderated by Hazel Healy.

Current emissions; Halving by 2030; Policies to zero by 2050.

Climate science; Transition policy; Action; Listen.

There’s still time to mitigate the worst effects of climate change. Can we pull it off? Hazel Healy makes the case for conditional optimism.

Mark Engler on the US's Green New Deal. What does it mean for for America, and beyond?

Danny Chivers reports on the key environmental struggles to keep track of in the coming year.

Hazel Healy sketches out a radical scenario.

In talks about trade, something vital is omitted: the environment.

Development practitioner Adesuwa Ero urges religious leaders in rural Nigeria to rethink their views on climate change before it's too late.

The latest news from those fighting against climate change, from Costa Rica going fossil-free to the suspicious creation of ‘low carbon’ kerosene.

Yohann Koshy looks at the impending catastrophe linking the stock market to climate change.

Emboldened by a recent study, The Guardian repeats the myth that becoming vegan is the ‘single biggest way’ to reduce your impact on Earth. Chris Saltmarsh and Harpreet Kaur Paul disagree.

Nick Dowson speaks with an indigenous lawyer and campaigner fighting a gas pipeline in Mexico.

Latin American countries are seeing unprecedented growth in clean, cheap solar power writes Emily Earnshaw.

With the Great Barrier Reef and climate targets under threat, Tom Anderson and Eliza Egret explain why this mega mine matters to all of us.

Not a sign of progress but a cause for alarm. Amy Booth reports from Cochabamba’s overlong dry season.

Climate change imagery.

Conflicts over water are on the rise in India, but climate change is not the only culprit. Fiona Broom reports on a powerful water mafia that is sucking India dry.

Nine-year-old Ridhima Pandey is fed up with inaction on climate change, writes Amy Hall.