Thought Leaders

'I think the next revolution will be led by a younger person, by a woman, and I feel that Greta Thunberg is that person.'

The cost of access to land for affordable housing is pricing people out of 'green living'.

A looming environmental crisis unfolds in Syria, with makeshift oil refineries, crop fires, damaged water infrastructure and poor waste management.

Environmental groups need to up our game in the media against a new wave of attacks.

Forests should not have to do the work previously performed by fossil fuels.

Major energy procurement projects need independent oversight at all stages, argues multi-faith climate justice group in South Africa.

The CEO of the world’s largest sustainable travel company calls for Bristol Airport’s controversial expansion plans to be scrapped.

Timber Festival panellists discuss the key practices, problems and possibilities associated with 'rewilding'.

This week the heads of state of the economies that comprise the Group of 7 gather in France to discuss the critical issues of our time – with the stated focus of fighting inequality.

New study from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) warns global warming threatens health of Mecca pilgrims.

The shipping industry supports our economies - and our daily lives. However, to preserve our planet, it must adopt new technologies to reduce emissions.

A Green New Deal is the only practical solution for tackling the climate crisis.

73 percent of people thought the impacts of rising global temperatures were already being felt.

Low income households should be first in line for transformative, tenant-controlled rollout of efficient heating systems.

How does energy scarcity intersect with gender justice?

Villagers in southern Armenia have been blockading the construction of an open-cast gold mine for over a year. Now Lydian is taking the fight to corporate courts.

Bees are in danger, but contrary to the buzz around National Honey Bee Day, supporting the honey industry isn’t the best way to protect these incredibly important insects

UN sea wall in Tanzania protects a prestigious college while local fishermen fight erosion with garbage.

Opposition mounts against a new dash for hydrocarbon prospecting in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Brendan Montague of the Ecologist interviews environment lawyer and founder of ClientEarth, James Thornton.

Localisation can lead to a sustainable and more fulfilling future for people and our planet.

Caroline Lucas' white-woman cabinet gaffe is just the latest instance of the Greens' identity crisis.

The HBO miniseries 'Chernobyl' engaged our hearts - but not our minds. We need to shift focus from the USSR to the Western nuclear lobby.

The UK’s new trade secretary met last year with climate-sceptic think tanks that are behind Trump’s programme of deregulation and tax cuts.