Environment / Climate Justice

The case for the defence (of nature). Words – Danny Chivers.

ABC with ant 'n' bee, by Marc Roberts.

Climate lawsuits take off. Words – Danny Chivers.

Ethical and political dilemmas abound these days. This month: Climate camp.

The lush Casamance region of Senegal is home to a long running conflict between the state and an armed separatist movement. Tilda Kämmlein reports on how the illegal trade in timber is fuelling the strife and devastating the local environment.

Ecological destruction has been fuelled by extraction and colonialism for hundreds of years, and green capitalism is no different. We need to dismantle the political and economic structures that maintain the status quo, argues Vijay Kolinjivadi.

Luciana Ghiotto, Bettina Müller and Lucía Barcena examine how Europe’s attempts to secure the raw materials for green technologies are following a tried and tested path across the Global South.

Nick Dowson looks at the figures.

European authorities are trying to make sure they don’t get left empty handed in the new ‘green’ mineral rush. But are these policies simply ways to export harms to the Global South? Juliet Ferguson of Investigate Europe takes a look.

A mining company wants to extract billions of dollars from Greenland’s government as compensation for a defeated rare earth mining project. Sebastian Skov Andersen reports on the case that’s divided the region.

Offshore wind will be vital to weaning our economies off fossil fuels. Nick Dowson explores its potential and warns of the circling sharks looking for profit.

Green hydrogen and electricity access; Carbon Credits.

Action, and further reading on climate capitalism.

Amid the buzz surrounding green energy from the Arab world, Hamza Hamouchene sounds an alarm.

How can we prevent an unjust transition? As the clean economy gets into gear, Nick Dowson asks whether a market-focused, subsidies-led approach will just mean more of the same.

‘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.