Economics and policy

Faced with a planetary emergency, is deep ecological transformation, a ‘megamorphosis’ of modern society, still a possibility?

The rise of the Labour party and the birth of a 'green consciousness'.

UK urged to quit treaty that ‘puts fossil fuel interests before climate action’.

World heading for ‘climate catastrophe’ as countries’ plans fail to deliver – UN.

Rishi Sunak has been selected by the Tory party to become the next prime minister. Let's hope he u-turns on the environment.

We need a radical food system transformation to drastically steer us away from climate breakdown.

The British public are being urged to defend nature by contacting MPs and local councillors – both online and in person – to voice concerns over new government proposals.

The UK government is pursuing a dangerous agenda of deregulation that puts the very laws protecting wildlife at risk.

The threat posed to nature and society by the massive expansion of industrial, fossil fuel economies was discussed by a generation of authors 60 years ago. What can they teach us today?

Pakistan’s floods are a result of colonialism and climate breakdown. Responsibility lies with the British Empire. We need climate reparations.

Pakistan is suffering the worst floods in history as a result of climate breakdown. We must change how we relate to nature to prevent further calamities.

Francia Márquez, Colombia’s first black vice president, brings hope for the country's marginalised communities.

The climate emergency is a lived reality across the Global South - we must have action not words from COP27.

The rise of climate sceptics to new prime minister Liz Truss’s cabinet has sparked fear that climate action will be scaled back.

The Ecologist today publishes Strategy 2023-6 promising a greater focus on the impacts of the fossil fuel economy - and a vision of a regenerative future.