Environment

It happens every year: thousands of hectares of Indonesian rainforest are torched to clear land for palm oil, timber and other agribusiness operations. It’s a perfect storm of destruction. Nithin Coca reports from Sumatra.

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.

The costs of the 50-year conflict add up to ecocide. Doug Weir reports.

As UN special rapporteur on the right to a healthy environment presents his report today, Doug Weir explains why this is especially important in armed conflict.

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

Things and people that made us smile - and that raised our ire during the Paris climate talks.

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.

The Sámi are the indigenous people of Northern Scandinavia and were in Paris with other indigenous to fight for climate justice. Ragnhild Freng Dale explains.

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.

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.

Development in the industrialized world has come at a high price, writes Mohamed Adow.

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.