Environment / Sustainability

The Paris Agreement is being hailed as a great success. But will it deliver climate justice? Danny Chivers and Jess Worth put it to the test.

Millions of hectares of forest are threatened by coal mining, warns Saskia Ozinga.

This New Internationalist photo gallery presents events from frontline struggles against climate change during the Paris climate talks.

Activists in Paris are laying out inspiring visions for a fair and sustainable future – with the help of 196 stolen bank chairs, writes Samir Dathi.

As rich countries declare ‘ambition’ while racing to weaken the text, some climate justice campaigners are turning their backs on the COP21 negotiations and looking elsewhere for hope, reports Morgan Curtis.

Naomi Klein speaks with Frank Barat about the limits of the Paris climate talks.

An extraordinary gathering of frontline communities in Paris has been presenting evidence of crimes against nature. Nigerian poet and activist Nnimmo Bassey reports.

Yet another draft Paris agreement was released Wednesday, and was immediately renounced by civil society, Adam Greenberg reports.

Today, hundreds protested against oil sponsorship at the Louvre and ten were arrested. Jess Worth was in the thick of the action.

The ‘high ambition coalition’ is really about undermining developing world groups, argues Nick Dearden.

Justin Kenrick meets with Sengwer community's Yator Kiptum and Milka Chepkorir about the meaning of climate justice.

There is a diplomatic silence over carbon trading at COP21, but a Paris climate agreement could offer a lifeline to carbon ‘offsetting’ schemes, while new rules could help build a global carbon market, writes Oscar Reyes.

Following the British parliamentary vote to bomb Syria, Iraq War veteran and peace activist Shawna Foster explains how these kinds of military interventions are linked to fossil fuels and climate change.

A poetic and heartfelt plea to restore a wounded planet. By Suprabha Seshan.

Not if you look at the environmental costs, says Dinyar Godrej.

Which proposals should we praise, and which should we protest?

While politicians drag their feet at climate summits, Jess Worth and Danny Chivers find hope in unexpected places.

Surveys tell us that the public love wind power, so why do certain countries see such fierce campaigns against it? Helle Abelvik-Lawson investigates.

Some ideas and starting points on how you can help build a cleaner, fairer energy future.

Inspiring examples of democratic, renewable energy – and also how not to do it.