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A new report skewers claim ‘the world is going nuclear’ and nuclear ‘newcomers’ will save the industry from its decades-long decline.

Majority voting was dismissed by the COPs, but not replaced. With world leaders coming together at COP30 to decide the future of the planet, a more inclusive decision-making system is needed.

PR and digital marketing produce more emissions than aviation, yet their environmental impact often goes unnoticed.

We must learn from Indigenous communities if we want to deploy the best strategies for stopping climate and biodiversity breakdown.

Will Brazil step up as a climate leader before COP30?

Public supports nature-based coastal defences but doubts their effectiveness.

Artificial Intelligence is supercharging our use of energy, including fossil fuels. So what exactly is the benefit?

WPP, Britain's biggest advertising agency, reported for breaking rules on climate and rights.

'It's time to assemble. History isn’t waiting. And neither should we.'

Is Trump the end of the green transition or the start of America’s decline?

Sir Keir Starmer abandoned pledge to invest £28 bn in green infrastructure - but remains committed to useless carbon capture and storage.

Rachel Reeves and the Labour government are assume AI data centres will drive economic growth - but the data says otherwise.

Labour must embrace community ownership to achieve net zero.

A heartfelt tribute to Stephan Harding, the much-missed co-founder of Schumacher College.

A provocative new manifesto calls for a global movement for 'rupture' to prevent the descent into climate chaos.

Extreme wealth is fuelling environmental collapse. It’s time to draw the line.

Global football’s carbon footprint threatens the sport, its players and fans - and everyone’s future.

UK and EU policymakers are rolling out legislation for a hydrogen market - but the energy carrier is still surrounded by a great deal of uncertainty.

Climate breakdown is deadly serious. And so too is the British government's crackdown on climate action.

A secure plant-based global food system will stave off the worst-case scenarios of climate breakdown.

PETER SOMERVILLE reviews Overshoot: How the World Surrendered to Climate Breakdown, by Andreas Malm and Wim Carton (Verso 2024).

Consensus decision making could make COP30 democratic, relevant and effective.

An open letter to Shabana Mahmood, Secretary of State for Justice and Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, about prisons from Just Stop Oil activists currently behind bars.

'If I am going to carry on writing for The Ecologist I need at least 100 of you to commit several hours of your time to running a mini-assembly.'