Climate donors must address the gender funding gap
Women are neglected by climate funding, despite their pivotal role in Indigenous land management and climate resilience, say Namnyak Sinandei Makko and Omaira Bolaños.
The Global Plastics Treaty must include production reduction
After three years of negotiations, delegates must not compromise on their principles at the UN’s final session to decide international legally binding rules on plastic pollution, says Punyathorn Jeungsmarn.
Trump will leave climate science in smoking ruins – and the economy will suffer for it
Donald Trump is dismantling all sources of independent opinion in the United States to increase the power of the presidency, says John Holdren, former Presidential Science Advisor to Barack Obama.
Crypto and AI exploit conflict zones and fossil fuels – with destructive consequences
Cryptocurrencies and AI rely on political stability, refugee camp workers and electricity blackouts, says Hito Steyerl.
Remembering dreams of a green peace
The Bering Strait region has always been a hotbed of geopolitical tension – but its future is now more uncertain than ever, says Kieran Mulvaney.
How a few giant companies came to dominate global food
How do agricultural monopolies create higher food prices? Is market concentration at breaking point for seeds, agrichemicals and farm tech? Jennifer Clapp explains.
Ecocide in Ukraine, and the meanings of bread
Darya Tsymbaluk explores how Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s land and agriculture also target the nation’s cultural identity.
Big Tech’s green promises are hypocritical gestures
Carbon offsets mean little while tech companies enable high-intensity consumption and fossil fuel investment, say Nick Dyer-Witheford and Alessandra Mularoni, in an excerpt from their new book.
Après moi, le deluge: how a fight over garbage challenged China’s growth model
Ma Tianjie explores how public resistance challenged waste management policies in China as overconsumption pushed pollution to the margins.
Mining boom in the Philippines threatens environmental defenders
Since 2010 the country has lost forest cover three times the size of New York City in mining zones for critical minerals, stripping away the country’s resilience to climate-related catastrophes, including typhoons and floods.