Environment / Sustainability

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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