In some ways, accounts of “human origins” play a similar role for us today as myth did for ancient Greeks or Polynesians. This is not…
View More Unfreezing the ice age: the truth about humanity’s deep pastTag: Climate change
Gen Z on how to save the world: young climate activists speak out
When I was 20, I dropped out of university to live on a road protest. I was terrified by the oncoming apocalypse of climate change,…
View More Gen Z on how to save the world: young climate activists speak outThe fight against climate change goes beyond reducing CO2 emissions
While global climate efforts have tended to focus on the fight against carbon dioxide, many other threats that attract less attention are just as dangerous…
View More The fight against climate change goes beyond reducing CO2 emissionsBoris Johnson’s climate credibility at stake in run-up to Cop26 summit
Boris Johnson faces a significant test of his leadership before the Cop26 climate summit as the chancellor and business secretary are at war over the…
View More Boris Johnson’s climate credibility at stake in run-up to Cop26 summitThe climate disaster is here – this is what the future looks like
The enormous, unprecedented pain and turmoil caused by the climate crisis is often discussed alongside what can seem like surprisingly small temperature increases – 1.5C…
View More The climate disaster is here – this is what the future looks likeUK, US, China: how the world’s carbon ‘centre of gravity’ moved over 200 years
A new Guardian visualisation reveals how the “centre of gravity” of global emissions has moved over the past 200 years. The analysis shows how the…
View More UK, US, China: how the world’s carbon ‘centre of gravity’ moved over 200 yearsHistorical climate emissions reveal responsibility of big polluting nations
Analysis of the total carbon dioxide emissions of countries since 1850 has revealed the nations with the greatest historical responsibility for the climate emergency. But…
View More Historical climate emissions reveal responsibility of big polluting nationsNasa launches latest Landsat 9 to monitor Earth’s surface
Nasa has launched the latest mission in a 50-year unbroken line of satellites that monitor the Earth’s surface. Landsat 9 lifted off atop a United…
View More Nasa launches latest Landsat 9 to monitor Earth’s surfaceCutting methane should be a key Cop26 aim, research suggests
Sharp cuts in methane from leaking gas drilling platforms and production sites could play a major role in the greenhouse gas emissions reductions necessary to…
View More Cutting methane should be a key Cop26 aim, research suggestsThe trillions in our pension pots could be key to tackling the climate crisis | Richard Curtis
Someone said something so simple yet so shocking to me recently: that weather used to be the last thing on the news, now it’s the…
View More The trillions in our pension pots could be key to tackling the climate crisis | Richard Curtis