Environment / Climate Justice

‘A victory for life over capitalism’. How the people of Ecuador beat the oil giants and saved Yasuní National Park, by Danny Chivers.

Abdoulie Ceesay, Gambian representative to the COP28 climate summit, argues if the West wants to address the wave of coups in Africa, it must take real climate action – rather than pursuing further failed militarization.

Carlos Edill Berríos Polanco reports on the growing movement to get the Global North to cough up for its climate debt.

Ethical and political dilemmas abound these days. This month: Income vs ethics.

Can we banish polluters from our billboards? Words by Danny Chivers.

How can we phase out fossil fuels in a way that works for people everywhere? The historic Cochabamba People’s Agreement offers a way forward, argues Max Ajl.

Want to restore and protect the world’s forests? Then uphold the rights of the people who live in them, says Danny Chivers.

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

Update on the Los Cedros Protected Forest by Jan Goodey.

How to finance a Green New Deal that is truly global? Fadhel Kaboub has a proposal that builds in colonial and climate reparations.

Skipping meals to talk to the media, aiming to get arrested – and still making it to your hockey game. These are just some of the tasks found on the to-do lists of campaigners in Canada who are putting everything on the line to fight for a liveable, just future. Lucy EJ Woods went to meet them.

During climate crisis, is flying still acceptable? Ethical and political dilemmas abound these days. Seems like we’re all in need of a New Internationalist perspective. Enter stage: Agony Uncle.

Few argue that the mass movement to combat inertia on the climate crisis has a point. But is it going about it the right way? Chay Harwood and Marc Hudson, both environmental campaigners, go head to head.