Environment / Climate Change
Articles about Climate Change, ordered by date. 
Provoking an American climate crisis
The US government deserves to have a political crisis brought to its door, argues Mark Engler.
Big business goes to Rio
With the Earth Summit just days away, Danny Chivers chronicles the urgent battle to stop corporates from hijacking the green agenda.
Ready or not: can Bangladesh cope with climate change?
New Internationalist co-editor Hazel Healy travelled there to find out how people are adapting to a warming world.
Is the Green New Deal a dead duck?
Four years ago it was hailed as the cure for our
economic and environmental woes. So what’s
happened? Zoe Cormier investigates.
The Kyoto protocol is in grave danger
African negotiators told not to ‘waste time’ calling for developed nations to cut CO2, reports Nnimmo Bassey.
Eco-city dreaming comes true
Brian Loffler on how some blue-skies thinking created a green inspiration.
Is nuclear power necessary for a carbon-free future?
Environmentalists Chris Goodall and Jose Etcheverry argue for and against - plus your chance to join the debate.
Switching off denial: a guide
How do you respond to people in climate denial? Danny Chivers offers a step-by-step guide to rebutting the most common arguments against climate change.
Stop the tar sands trade talks
A protest against opening the EU's doors to Canada's polluting tar sands
Back to the future
What will it be like to live in a zero carbon world? George Marshall encourages us to look to the past to find out.
The need for zero – The Facts
The facts and figures of energy emission, consumption and reduction.
Climate wars in Kenya’s nomadic communities
Conflicts between nomadic communities over water shortages increase
System change, not climate change
Jess Worth looks at how activists in Britain are broadening the climate change debate.
Summit different: report from Cochabamba
After Copenhagen’s dismal failure, social movements from all over the world gathered in Bolivia – here's what happened.
Hands off our mother!
Unproven scientific ‘fixes’ for global warming are a major threat to the planet
Taking on Tarmageddon
The international campaign to shut down the tar sands is shaping up to be an iconic battle, reports Jess Worth.
The missing pieces
Is hell really other people? Vanessa Baird concludes with some sobering facts and reflections on equality.
Population and climate change
Jonathon Porritt and the Corner House offer two very different perspectives on one of the big debates of the day.
Frontline Bangladesh
Some Pacifc islands are already being evacuated. Bangladesh stands next in the climate change frontline. The difference is, it has a massive and growing population.
Don't just sit there!
The NI guide to how you can take action for climate justice, whether you’re in Copenhagen, in a major city or online.
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