Economics and policy

Water demand is a major blind spot on the road to net zero.

UK Government ‘going backwards’ on green investment, says CBI chief Danker.

Ecosocialism is posited as a solution of appropriate ambition to prevent breakdown. But what is ecosocialism? Is it ecological? And do we all have to be socialist now?

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 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.