It is a global emergency that has already killed on a mass scale and threatens to…
Year: 2020
Glowing, glowing, gone: plunge in glow-worm numbers revealed
Glow-worm numbers have plunged by three-quarters since 2001, research in England has revealed, with the climate…
‘Individual actions do add up’: Christiana Figueres on the climate crisis
Christiana Figueres, the Costa Rican diplomat who was an architect of the worldwide Paris climate agreement,…
The small Dutch town that wants to shape the future of your food
In the low-lying Gelderse Valley some 85km east of Amsterdam, a Dutch university is changing how…
Tropical forests losing their ability to absorb carbon, study finds
Tropical forests are taking up less carbon dioxide from the air, reducing their ability to act…
Focus on coronavirus shows need for climate law, says EU official
Tensions at the Greek-Turkish border and the coronavirus show why the European Union needs a climate…
Scientists turn to tech to prevent second wave of locusts in east Africa
Scientists monitoring the movements of the worst locust outbreak in Kenya in 70 years are hopeful…
Our House Is on Fire by Greta Thunberg et al review – a family and planet in crisis
A movement born without a face tends to acquire one. Since August 2018, when 15-year-old Greta…