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Published in: HomeThe Vatican, the planet, and AmericaPope Francis's document on the earth's future has become entangled in Vatican politics. But its most fraught...
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Published in: HomePope Francis and climate politics
A Vatican document links a hot planet to world poverty and the need for change. Its immediate impact may be on the...
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Published in: HomeClimate change: the south gets real
The pace of reaction to the global climate emergency is increasing, and vulnerable states in the global south are...
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Published in: openSecurityClimate-chaos migrants set to face increasingly closed bordersClimate change is set to trigger dangerously soaring temperatures this century, forcing many of humankind’s most...
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Published in: openSecurityLatin Americans pay price for corporate environmental destructionAs the COP20 conference comes to a close in Lima, can the corporations whose ‘externalities’ foster climate change...
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Published in: openSecurityThe conflict horizonThe last two decades have seen a growing global appetite for peace but unless concerted, informed action is taken...
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Published in: HomeA different climate
Many new paths to climate action are being taken, with the global south in the forefront. Even modest support and...
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Published in: HomeClimate politics: a melting glacier...
A new political tone on climate change in Britain is matched by a breakthrough in understanding the retreat of...
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Published in: HomeA flooded future: Essex to the world
Two floods, two eras, two worlds. The contrast between 1953 and 2014 in southern England is a lesson both in class...
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Published in: HomeThe Arctic disconnect
If long-term climate disruption is a reality, so is the prospect of short-term benefit for states such as Canada and...
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Published in: TransformationWelcome to 'frackland': does a river have the right not to be polluted?Hydraulic fracturing for natural gas or ‘fracking’ is one of the dirtiest forms of energy on the planet. Halting its...
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Published in: Home2014, a climate emergency
The accelerating pace of extreme weather events is an acute challenge to political leaders.
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Published in: HomeClimate change: canary to ghost
The oil-and-gas industry is impervious to extreme weather events, from the Philippines to Sardinia. But both...
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Published in: openSecuritySharing our future: how the world can avert climate chaosThe latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report calculated a ‘budget’ for greenhouse gas emissions if...
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Published in: HomeThe climate cliff: nuclear echoes
During the cold war, nuclear near-catastrophe provoked an enlightened political response. Will history be repeated...
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Published in: HomeThe IPCC and new climate paths
The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is a unique public service that produces valuable scientific...
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Published in: HomeThe global climate cliff
A combination of extreme weather events and a coming temperature rise may be enough to induce the serious political...
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Published in: openIndiaIndia BurningWhen the rice harvest season finishes in a few weeks, fields in India will turn black as farmers burn thousands of...
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Published in: HomeDemocracy and sustainability: a joint cause
A new manifesto argues that the advance of democracy and of sustainable development is at heart a shared endeavour....
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Published in: HomeClimate change: time to transform
The understanding of global climate change has deepened since the 1970s, in parallel with voluminous research into...
