This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The impacts of invasive alien species, habitat loss and climate change are compounded in small island nations, which are highly dependent on biodiversity for their economic and social wellbeing. The…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Arctic Ocean has been getting warmer since the beginning of the 20th century – decades earlier than records suggest – due to warmer water flowing into the delicate polar…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As world leaders fight for climate change solutions, I think it’s time to talk about a related and critical need: To give ourselves the best shot at solving the biodiversity…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. With record heat waves globally and extreme flooding affecting Europe and China, now is a pivotal moment to interrogate the interplay of technology and the environment, including the role of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. By the late 21st century, northeastern U.S. cities will see worsening hurricane outcomes, with storms arriving more quickly but slowing down once they’ve made landfall. As storms linger longer over…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We must take the opportunity offered by events to reconfigure the world’s food systems – and that involves seeing them as systems When we first sat down to conceptualise this issue, we…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Surfers and beach-goers are ‘canaries in a coal mine’ when it comes to threats to our ocean, waves and beaches. We are the first to see impacts from pollution, poorly…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Green banks – financial institutions or facilities dedicated to accelerating the shift to a sustainable economy – drove a record amount of clean energy investment last year. According to the Coalition…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After COP26, renewed focus has been placed on campaigners across the globe calling for “climate reparations” to be given to the Global South by the Global North—but what does this mean? How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Early in the morning of November 8 in Paradise, California, Mark Mesku got a call from his daughter. “She said, ‘Dad, you got to get out. The whole town’s on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Bad weather got serious several times around the world this year, with some places struck by different disasters just months apart. Experts think global warming has a part to play,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Susan Ruffo wants to change the conversation around saving the world’s oceans. “Really, we should talk about how the oceans are saving us,” the UN Foundation’s Senior Advisor for Ocean…