Why all human rights depend on a healthy environment
Among the human rights under threat are the rights to life, health, food, a healthy environment, water, an adequate standard of living and culture.
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Earth Day: The roots of our current environmental crisis go back 12,000 years
As we debate the proposals for what the world after the virus should look like, it is crucial that we understand the roots of what got us here.
Refugee camps can wreak enormous environmental damages – should source countries be liable for them?
International law bars nations from causing environmental harms in other states. Should that include sending thousands of refugees over the border in search of food, water and shelter?
Record‑breaking CO₂ rise shows the Amazon is faltering — yet the satellite that spotted this may soon be shut down
The US is set to shut down a crucial satellite that monitors how much carbon is in the atmosphere.
Sudan’s ‘forgotten’ pyramids risk being buried by shifting sand dunes
Desertification and climate change are threatening ancient sites in the Sahara.
In Brazil, the future of environmental sustainability needs a strong ally: collectors of recyclable materials
Collectors of recyclable materials are omnipresent in developing countries such as Brazil, and their work has long been a critical part of waste management, disposal, and recycling.
Scrublands: not a whodunit but a ‘howcatchem’, a new suspenseful Aussie inversion of the genre
The new series on Stan is most successful through its links to rural crime noir, pulling apart the vulnerability and deception of this small town.
Amazon countries are stepping‑up measures to counter illicit financing of nature crime
‘Forest mafia’ are fueling ‘narco-deforestation’ through illegal land acquisition, mineral extraction, and poaching.
Why countries struggle to quit fossil fuels, despite higher costs and 30 years of climate talks and treaties
The International Energy Agency expects global renewable energy capacity to double by 2030, even with lower growth in the US, but fossil fuels still dominate.
A landmark UN report says the world will overshoot the 1.5°C climate target. What happens now?
It’s no longer possible to hold climate change to 1.5°C. But it’s not game over – it’s game on.