COP27, the loss & the damage at injury time
The recently concluded 27th Conference of Parties (COP27) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, went in the way of rituals and did not rise beyond the low bars set by previous editions.
How a moment in a meadow seeded a global movement: Earth Jurisprudence explained
Over the past two decades, Earth Jurisprudence has challenged the dominant conception of law and ethics, inspiring innovative legal provisions at local, national and international level that recognise humans’ participation in, and responsibility to, the wider web of life.
Margaret Atwood offers her vision of utopia: The pre-eminent writer of dystopian literature would build dome homes, wear mushroom leather and compost corpses.
Shortly before she turned 83 last month, she taught an eight-week course, “Practical Utopias,” on Disco, an online learning platform in Canada.
Conflict and climate collide to create an acute hunger crisis for an unprecedented 345 million people
This March, a young mother arrived with 3 children at Dollo Ado in southeastern Ethiopia, where 5 refugee camps currently serve more than 200 000 displaced Somalis.
The collapse of insects
The most diverse group of organisms on the planet are in trouble, with recent research suggesting insect populations are declining at an unprecedented rate.
THE COLLINS WORD OF THE YEAR 2022 IS…
Permacrisis: noun, an extended period of instability and insecurity
For planet Earth, this might be the start of a new age
A panel of experts has spent more than a decade deliberating on how, and whether, to mark a momentous new epoch in geologic time: our own.
‘Polycrisis’ may be a buzzword, but it could help us tackle the world’s woes
Polycrisis is a more accurate term to describe the world’s ongoing crises and how they’re interacting with one another.
Deforestation brings bat-borne virus home to roost
Habitat loss and food shortages have pushed bats into closer proximity to horses and humans, fueling Hendra virus spillover, a new study suggests.
Almost 8,000 US shootings attributed to unseasonable heat
Research suggests climate crisis may contribute to increased gun violence by pushing temperatures beyond normal ranges
In an age of constant disaster, what does it mean to rebuild?
Each catastrophe is a test of what kind of society we’ve built. And each recovery offers a chance, however fleeting, to build another.
Our civilization just hit three great — and ominous — inflection points: (Why the 2020s are) The Age of Inflection
What will history think of this decade? How will it remember it? I think that it’ll come to be thought of as the Age of Inflection.
Scientists say planet in midst of sixth mass extinction, Earth’s wildlife running out of places to live
A 13-minute documentary with scientists Paul Ehrlich, Tony Barnosky, Liz Hadly, and Gerardo Ceballos.
Electric vehicles keep defying almost everyone’s predictions
There are now almost 30 million electric vehicles on the road in total, up from just 10 million at the end of 2020. E.V. market share has also tripled since 2020.
What Happens When a Cascade of Crises Collide?
In reality, the likelihood that the current mess is a coincidence is vanishingly small.
I predicted the 2008 crash – these are the global ‘megathreats’ I can see now
Life as we know it is under threat, as short-term-thinking politicians ignore the signs that point to a dystopian future