'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…
Category: Environment
Environment
'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…
Germany's green transition faces hurdles, as its progress looks impressive only when emissions are overlooked.
Germany’s Key Statistics GDP per capita: $59,090 per year (global average: $14,210) Total CO2 emissions in 2023: 637 million tons…
Should we approach environmental crimes with the same seriousness as murder?
When you read, watch, or listen to the news, you’re almost certain to come across stories of violence and murder.…
US schools are preparing students to help fight the growing threat of wildfires and floods.
Gavin Abundis watched firefighter Adrian Chairez demonstrate how to rappel down buildings using pulleys and harnesses. “You’ve probably seen it…