Tree-planting overkill? There literally isn’t enough room on the planet to host all the corporate carbon-offsetting plans.Photo: Nikola Jovanovic/Unsplash

Temperature check

Is there such a thing as a ‘good’ carbon offset? Words by Danny Chivers.

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NI 532 - Courage and terror in Myanmar - July, 2021
Not green, in fact: The Petra Nova CSS facility (pictured above) captured carbon from a coal plant in Texas, US... and used the CO2 to boost production at the West Ranch oil field, via a 130-kilometre pipeline.Photo: Trish Badger/Reuters

Temperature check

Carbon capture – still a pipe dream? Words by Danny Chivers.

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NI 530 - Democracy on the edge - March, 2021
Illustration: Emma Peer

Can I criticize fast fashion without sounding ‘out of touch’?

Ethical and political dilemmas abound these days. Seems like we’re all in need of a New Internationalist perspective. Enter stage: Agony Uncle.

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NI 527 - Covid-19 lessons from the pandemic - September, 2020

Footsteps disappear

Lifestyle changes are no substitute for collective action. But personal carbon-cutting still matters – it’s a powerful way to signal the climate emergency to those around us, move the needle on policy and set bigger cultural changes in motion. Mike Berners-Lee lays out an nine-step carbon detox.

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NI 519 - How to avoid climate breakdown - May, 2019

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Courage and terror in Myanmar July, 2021
Democracy on the edge March, 2021
Covid-19 lessons from the pandemic September, 2020
How to avoid climate breakdown May, 2019
Trade in Turmoil January, 2019
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