Our biodiversity crisis must be treated as urgently as the climate crisis
At COP16 in Colombia, experts warned we’re on the brink of a biodiversity crisis, urging immediate action to prevent ecological collapse. As the Cop16 conference begins, scientists and academics say human activity has pushed the world into a danger zone....
Cop16 ends with some breakthroughs, but key issues left unresolved
Cop16 fell short of what is needed to halt the crisis in the natural world, warning that governments and UN officials were not acting with the required urgency. A global summit on halting the destruction of nature ended in disarray on Saturday, with some breakthroughs...
What is climate change and why do we need to act on it?
The consequences of climate change now include, among others, intense droughts, water scarcity, severe fires, rising sea levels, flooding, melting polar ice, catastrophic storms and declining biodiversity. Climate change, driven by human activities, is causing rising...
We must change the way we think about food to save the planet
Our food system’s harmful myths and nostalgic fantasies are blocking real solutions to the global food and climate crises. No issue is more important, and none so shrouded in myth and wishful thinking. The way we feed ourselves is the key determinant of whether...
UN climate report downplays impact of animal agriculture on the planet
A UN climate report downplays the true impact of livestock on global emissions, missing key factors like deforestation, and potentially obscuring the industry’s role in the climate crisis. A United Nations climate report made headlines last week with a stark...
