Climate Breakdown

A new method of research from the University of Exeter shows the benefits of conserving biodiversity and nature.

The risk of blazing fires is ever-growing in the Lousame region of Galicia - and so the de-eucalyptus brigades were born.

Activists erect ‘headstones’ by UK Parliament to highlight deaths from cold homes.

Should climate protesters picket an MP at home?

The Taliban is taking the threat of climate breakdown seriously as 40 million Afghans face a future of drought and starvation.

Three in every four UK adults are worried about the impact of climate change on bills.

COP28 witnessed record numbers of lobbyists from fossil fuel and agribusiness in attendance. But can campaigns to exclude them from climate talks succeed?

Climate breakdown is causing warmer winters in Morocco - leading to fewer people bathing in hammams.

The Pirate Party in Sweden codified activist organisational strategy and led the way to Extinction Rebellion's success.

Starmer may have abandoned climate action - but that does not mean we should abandon Labour.

Britain’s climate 'leadership' is based on the profoundly unjust and violent transition that was the defeat of the 1980s miners' strike.

The End We Start From is a powerful but imperfect exploration of motherhood in a drowned world.

'Sharpe’s favoured alternative to neoclassical economics is a form of evolutionary economics: when it comes to the energy transition this notion is deeply flawed.'

The fossil fuel industry knew about climate risks earlier than previously thought.

'We live in a wooden house and the whole house was just shaking. It made absolutely no sense.'

The public shows widespread support for the transition to low-carbon heating - with heat pumps emerging as the preferred technology for many.

Progress on around half the UK Government’s environmental goals is either static or moving in the wrong direction, its watchdog said in its second annual report.

Scientists confirm that 2023 was the hottest year on record but forecasts suggest 2024 will be even hotter.

Call for lobbying ban following revelation that fossil fuel industry met MSPs 790 times in five years

Reducing inequality is essential in tackling the climate crisis, researchers argue.

Positive tipping points must be triggered if we are to avoid the severe consequences of damaging Earth system tipping points, researchers say.

The UK's consumption of cattle products, cocoa, palm oil and soy is putting enormous pressure on forests around the world.

The top ten must-read articles published by The Ecologist this year.

Global carbon emissions from fossil fuels have risen again in 2023 – reaching record levels.