Advertising

The battle for human attention is heating up in tandem with the climate.

The new, rapidly growing, youth gaming market is being targeted by big oil and major climate polluters.

António Guterres, UN secretary general, calls out the advertising industry over the climate crisis.

New book says when you're in a hole of overconsumption and climate pollution stop digging, by ending the adverts that promote them.

To decarbonise transport we need to escape the false promise of the car advert.

'Ministry' says follow scientific advice and stop advertising the fastest way to fry the planet as peak heat meets peak holiday flights.

Controls on adverts for oil companies, SUV makers and airlines are already starting to happen - but what else should we stop advertising to raise our survival chances?

Stop advertising cars on public transport, say climate groups.

There is an increasing clamour among the public for a ban on advertising for SUVs, flights, beef and other commodities that are killing our planet.

Nudge, nudge – new research shows adverts push us to make polluting transport choices.

The COP26 conference came to Glasgow and went again - and there is already evidence from the Scottish city that it will have little or no legacy. 

We just can't have fossil fuel investors and industries sponsoring climate conferences like COP26.

Advertising is a type of ‘brain pollution’ says new ‘ministry’ campaign to stop adverts fuelling the climate emergency.

Why this advert is dangerous to people and nature – and shows advertising needs new controls.

What role might advertisers play in tackling climate change and creating a better world?

BP greenwashing complaint sets precedent for action on misleading ad campaigns.

Consumers are set to spend £800 million on 10 million wedding outfits they will wear once.

The Creative Climate Disclosure Project is a welcome blow, but we need to go further and confront our obsession with economic growth.

We live in a throwaway society. Innovation in the tech industries mean ever more powerful products come to market. But the death of repair shops and a culture of reliance is not simply the result of shiny new things. Corporations, and capitalism itself, requires planned obsolesce, argues STEVEN GORELICK

Our desire to spend time with our families and help our local communities and the environment is being eroded by the overwhelming nature of modern advertising

The waste warrior behind the You Tube hit and now book 'The Story of Stuff', on banning children's advertising, making manufacturers responsible for waste and shifting our values

Worldwatch's influential State of the World 2010 report tells us why we need more stories addressing climate change and fewer shocking facts

Fruits, vegetables and juices were advertised in only 1.7 per cent of commercials on US children's TV, says study, but reducing junk-food advertising may not be enough

Ninety-eight per cent of the products in our stores claiming to be environmentally friendly are guilty of greenwash, a US committee hears