As Europe's heatwaves become more dangerous, here are four ways we can protect ourselves and others.
Last weekend, I was sitting in a friend’s air-conditioned car, watching a group of sweaty men on a “beer bike…
Category: Environment
Environment
"Make people dream": how to build an economy that works for everyone.
Good governments have a vision. They know what they want to achieve, can explain why, and work out in public…
Can ecosystems "malfunction"?
A 2021 study found that the Amazon rainforest is losing its ability to absorb carbon and now releases more than…
'An equal and habitable world is possible': academics outline a bold vision for the survival of our planet.
Humanity can improve living standards, reduce inequality, and keep global warming within a 2°C rise, according to a broad vision…
'To them, a power line looks like a line of trees': Costa Rica takes steps to protect howler monkeys from being electrocuted.
Peque, a small black howler monkey, scratches her head as she sits on a thick wooden branch inside a wire…
'Should water services be renationalised?' – answering your questions about the water crisis
Guardian environment correspondent Sandra Laville’s reporting on the sewage crisis in English water has helped expose a privatisation scandal that…
The EU's new carbon border tax on high-emission goods has taken effect.
A major overhaul of green trade rules takes effect today, requiring companies selling steel, cement, and other high-carbon products into…
After a career writing about the environment, here's what I've discovered.
Paul Brown served as the Guardian’s environment correspondent from 1989 to 2005 and continued to write many columns afterward. Last…
The water reached my waist, yet I continued walking—this is the reality of climate breakdown.
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Analysis shows that China's CO2 emissions have remained stable or decreased over the last year and a half.
Analysis shows that China’s carbon dioxide emissions have remained stable or decreased over the past 18 months, suggesting the world’s…