Should rivers have rights?
Polluted with waste and chemicals, and threatened by sprawling urbanisation, our rivers are dying. Some countries are giving them legal personhood for protection – will it work?
Laying waste to waste
The Design Museum in London’s ‘Waste Age’ exhibition shows that we cannot afford to wait to transition towards a circular economy, says Lauren Sneade.
Central Asia’s minerals offer hope for the clean energy transition
Roman Vakulchuk of the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs discusses his research into untapped minerals in Central Asia that could be used for the global clean energy transition.
Rethinking net zero: why Holly Jean Buck’s ‘Why Net Zero is Not Enough’ is not enough
There are a lot of issues with the net zero framework – Holly Jean Buck’s new book could go further in imagining alternatives, says Bertie Harrison-Broninski.
Follow the science: but whose science, and to where?
Reading ‘Science Fictions’ by Stuart Richie, our Assistant Editor Lauren Sneade delves into what happens when academia and the media promote problematic research.
Temporality, fiction and climate – reading Mark Bould’s ‘Anthropocene Unconscious’
Our assistant editor reviews Mark Bould’s new book, ‘The Anthropocene Unconscious’, and questions whether we will be able to solve the climate crisis in time, and with time.
Swamplands: Edward Struzik’s bog book is a call for cultural change
Launching our new culture section, our Assistant Editor reviews the new book on peatlands from Island Press.
Good COP, bad COP: the geopolitical tensions of the Glasgow summit
Our Assistant Editor sets out the diplomatic backdrop to COP26: will international relations be the big stumbling block for global climate policy?
Reforesting Europe would increase rainfall
Elizabeth Lewis (Newcastle University), Edouard Davin and Ronny Meir (both of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich) discuss new research on reforestation.
Food and the struggle for Africa’s sovereignty
Jihen Chandoul argues that post-independence clarity on the link between food self-sufficiency and sovereignty offers lessons for today.