Illustration: ILYA

Cartoon Future

ILYA and Jamie Kelsey-Fry imagine the world in 2073 – when, in spite of 21st century capitalism’s best efforts, things have actually turned out alright.

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NI 542 - A world to win - March, 2023
Illustration: Andy K using images from Shutterstock

What would your grandchild say?

Wales is pioneering a law supposed to ensure that public organizations protect future generations, as well as the living. Rebecca Wilks explores the results so far.

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NI 542 - A world to win - March, 2023
Photo: Mycallohgee/Mushroom Observer/Creative Commons

Extractive delusions

Fungi have been touted as an alternative to plastics – but it’s dangerous to see them solely as a product, argues Emma McKeever.

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NI 542 - A world to win - March, 2023
Conductor Lorena Kristiansen stands beside her train at Flam station in Norway. Railway infrastructure projects can cause significant disruption to the environment and can come at a heavy cost – but the environmental benefits of railway connectivity are clear.Photo: Fredrik Naumann/Panos

The will for a permanent way

The low-friction, high-capacity technology of railways means the economic and environmental costs of expanding them are worthwhile, argues Gareth Dennis.

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NI 539 - Railways - September, 2022
Illustration: Andy Carter

What if…

What if we banned the intensive farming of animals? Hazel Healy imagines a world without cheap meat, eggs and dairy.

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NI 530 - Democracy on the edge - March, 2021
Illustration: Andy Carter

What if…

What if we got real about sustainability? It might reverse the UN’s order of holiness, Vanessa Baird finds.

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NI 529 - The biodiversity emergency - January, 2021
The debate: Sustainable Development Goals

The debate: Sustainable Development Goals

Could the UN Sustainable Development Goals deliver on their promises? Gary Rynhart and Jan Vandemoortele beg to differ.

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NI 526 - The Kurds - betrayed again - July, 2020
Illustrations: Kate Copeland

Is vegan activism too confrontational?

Is challenging members of the public with the reality of animal suffering and slaughter counterproductive? Vegans Chris Saltmarsh and Hannah Short agree to disagree.

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NI 518 - Building a new internationalism - March, 2019

The university of good living

Joining his neighbours one evening, Dan Baron Cohen finds himself immersed in a spontaneous conversation about culture, justice and sustainability that would be rare inside the halls of academe.

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NI 515 - Making peace in a world at war - September, 2018
Here comes the sun

Here comes the sun

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

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NI 510 - Black Lives Matter - March, 2018
Bill McKibben founder of 350.orgPhoto by SNRE

Political organization, not light bulbs, key to climate fight says Bill McKibben

Fighting climate change requires organization rather than individual actions, founder of 350.org Bill McKibben told this year’s Greenbelt festival's audience. Joe Ware reports.

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NI 495 - Trade unions - rebuild, renew, resist - September, 2016
Beware the slippery language of 'sustainable branding'

Beware the slippery language of 'sustainable branding'

Corporations that care? Don’t believe the spin, writes Dale Lately.

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NI 494 - Smiley-faced monopolists - July, 2016
Ugandan cattle herder Lawrence Kamonyo and his wife, flanked by rows of pine trees planted by the German company Global Woods. The wood is certified but Kamonyo lost his land and his livelihood. Photo: Susan Götze

Certified nonsense

Sustainable forestry may be an oxymoron. Chris Lang finds some holes in the system.

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NI 491 - Last stand - Saving the world's forests - April, 2016
Stumped: a young boy surveys the remains of giant conifers on a mist-shrouded inlet in the US Pacific northwest.RooM the Agency/Alamy

Last stand

The world’s last great woodlands are fast disappearing – with untold consequences for the environment and for us. Time to stop the destruction, argues Wayne Ellwood.

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NI 491 - Last stand - Saving the world's forests - April, 2016
All smiles, no substance: delegates at the Paris climate talks gather for a photo shoot.Photo: ConexiónCOP Agencia de noticias

COP21 agreed to a climate-changed world

Recognition of global warming is one thing; taking genuine action is another, writes Nnimmo Bassey.

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NI 21 - Paris Climate Talks - COP21 - December, 2015
'D12' day of action, Paris, France, 12 December 2015.Photo: Yann Levy / 350.org under a Creative Commons Licence

Why we should feel positive about Paris

Though the deal was a dud, this was no Copenhagen, argue Jess Worth and Danny Chivers.

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NI 21 - Paris Climate Talks - COP21 - December, 2015

Avaaz greenwashes Paris climate agreement

Avaaz is triumphant, but the Paris Agreement promotes the kind of policies that have failed us so far, write Marienna Pope-Weidemann and Samir Dathi.

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NI 21 - Paris Climate Talks - COP21 - December, 2015
Filipino climate and environmental activists helped mobilize thousands during the global people’s climate march during the weekend before the opening of COP21.Photo by Loi Manalansan/Kalikasan

At COP21, the people and future generations will be failed once again

The Paris Agreement shows how powerful nations have imposed their will at the climate negotiations, writes Clemente Bautista.

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NI 21 - Paris Climate Talks - COP21 - December, 2015

Which way after Paris Agreement?

La Via Campesina’s agro-ecology and food sovereignty offers one possible path toward climate justice, writes Marienna Pope-Weidemann in part one of this two part series.

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NI 21 - Paris Climate Talks - COP21 - December, 2015
21st century COP out

21st century COP out

A brief illustrated history of the climate negotiations by cartoonist Kate Evans.

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NI 21 - Paris Climate Talks - COP21 - December, 2015

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Article title From magazine Publication date
A world to win March, 2023
A world to win March, 2023
A world to win March, 2023
Railways September, 2022
Democracy on the edge March, 2021
The biodiversity emergency January, 2021
The Kurds - betrayed again July, 2020
Building a new internationalism March, 2019
Making peace in a world at war September, 2018
Black Lives Matter March, 2018
Trade unions - rebuild, renew, resist September, 2016
Smiley-faced monopolists July, 2016
Last stand - Saving the world's forests April, 2016
Last stand - Saving the world's forests April, 2016
Paris Climate Talks - COP21 December, 2015
Paris Climate Talks - COP21 December, 2015
Paris Climate Talks - COP21 December, 2015
Paris Climate Talks - COP21 December, 2015
Paris Climate Talks - COP21 December, 2015
Paris Climate Talks - COP21 December, 2015
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