Editors’ Picks

'I'm eighteen and can already see my Alaska community changed forever by climate change. I’ve seen glaciers shrink, summer droughts and deadly landslides – and our elected officials are doing nothing.'

The wildfires in California are a sign that the climate crisis is coming for both rich and poor countries. But how many more signs do we need before we take serious action?

Mining giant BHP was complicit in the Samarco mining disaster in Brazil but the company has not learned from the experience.

The recent uptick in the ferocity and frequency of extreme weather events is evidence of an acceleration of climate impacts, some of which were underestimated by climate computer models.

The abundance of skate, bass, cuttlefish and John Dory in Lyme Bay speaks for itself - the sea-bed’s recovery has been rapid and spectacular.

Recovery does not mean going 'back to normal'. This is the time to prioritise justice, sustainability, human rights, and the protection of livelihoods and the planet.

Is HS2 just a vanity project that will gobble up £200bn, promote aviation and trash 108 ancient woodlands. The Ecologist investigates.

Colombia is the world’s most biodiverse country by area, but its rich forested ecosystems are facing existential threats.

Green revolution is locking African farmers into a system that is not designed for their benefit, but for Northern multinational corporations.

Corporations in India can explore shale gas reserves without obtaining environmental clearances.

An interview with George Monbiot and audio of his talk at the Gillian Lynne Theatre in London.

A review of Andreas Malm's Corona, Climate, Chronic Emergency: War Communism in the Twenty-First Century.

Climate targets will remain a pipe dream as long as financiers fill the boardrooms of fossil fuel companies, and oil barons are rewarded with prestigious positions in our financial system.

The targeting of environmental justice groups shows how the Modi government's criminalization of dissent is gaining pace.

This weekend's wave of direct action in Germany shows that we can and should take climate justice into our own hands.