Environment / Sustainability
Articles about Sustainability, ordered by date. 
In final hours thoughts turn to look at what 'winning' looks like in Paris
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.
We are going backwards, COP21 is the opposite of progress
Naomi Klein speaks with Frank Barat about the limits of the Paris climate talks.
Two good days when crimes against nature were exposed
An extraordinary gathering of frontline communities in Paris has been presenting evidence of crimes against nature. Nigerian poet and activist Nnimmo Bassey reports.
Latest agreement at Paris climate talks ‘nowhere close to good enough’
Yet another draft Paris agreement was released Wednesday, and was immediately renounced by civil society, Adam Greenberg reports.
Art, oil and arrests in Paris
Today, hundreds protested against oil sponsorship at the Louvre and ten were arrested. Jess Worth was in the thick of the action.
Will Paris promises lead to catastrophic warming?
The ‘high ambition coalition’ is really about undermining developing world groups, argues Nick Dearden.
‘Recognizing our rights to live in our forests is part of the solution to climate change’
Justin Kenrick meets with Sengwer community's Yator Kiptum and Milka Chepkorir about the meaning of climate justice.
COP21 and the carbon market menace
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.
End War(Ming): we need system change, not climate change
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.
Cry me a river
A poetic and heartfelt plea to restore a wounded planet. By Suprabha Seshan.
Myth 6: Fossil fuels are more economically viable than renewables
Not if you look at the environmental costs, says Dinyar Godrej.
What's on the table at Paris?
Which proposals should we praise, and which should we protest?
Forget Paris?
While politicians drag their feet at climate summits, Jess Worth and Danny Chivers find hope in unexpected places.
Why the war on wind?
Surveys tell us that the public love wind power, so why do certain countries see such fierce campaigns against it? Helle Abelvik-Lawson investigates.
Take action on renewables
Some ideas and starting points on how you can help build a cleaner, fairer energy future.
From best to worst: renewable energy around the world
Inspiring examples of democratic, renewable energy – and also how not to do it.
Renewable energy - the facts
How much energy, how it's used and what we really need.
Whose renewable future?
Is big business poised to capture the renewables revolution? Danny Chivers draws up the battle lines.
Ending the oil age
Change is coming. Jess Worth examines whether growing pressure for divestment and disruption can knock Big Oil off its perch.
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