Environment and climate
As today’s climate emergency makes this ever more vital, we cover the uneven impact of climate change on land and communities in the Global South, and how movements for degrowth and sustainable living can push governments and corporations to act beyond greenwash and denialism.
As today’s climate emergency makes this ever more vital, we cover the uneven impact of climate change on land and communities in the Global South, and how movements for degrowth and sustainable living can push governments and corporations to act beyond greenwash and denialism.
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The battle of Hambacher Forest
Activists have occupied Hambacher Forest for six years to prevent environmental destruction through coal mining. Now, state, police and corporate forces are combining to oust them for good, writes Andrea Brock
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Overpopulation isn’t causing climate change. Blame capitalism
There aren’t too many people – there are too many profiteers, says Eleanor Penny
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Words without action: Seven takeaways from the Paris climate deal
The Paris Agreement on climate change has been hailed as a ‘turning point for the world’. But it is long on rhetoric and short on real commitments, finds Oscar Reyes
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Dig for victory
Armed with nothing more than trowels and a vision, guerilla gardeners are part Alan Titchmarsh, part Che Guevara. Their green acts of disobedience are transforming cityscapes around the world, Joanne Clarkson writes
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Caribbean Cold War
As the US runs roughshod over international law, Harold Pinter demands justice for Cuba. Eleanor Janega and Jane Holgate contribute their views.
