Economics and policy

We need a radical food system transformation to drastically steer us away from climate breakdown.

The UK government is pursuing a dangerous agenda of deregulation that puts the very laws protecting wildlife at risk.

The threat posed to nature and society by the massive expansion of industrial, fossil fuel economies was discussed by a generation of authors 60 years ago. What can they teach us today?

Pakistan’s floods are a result of colonialism and climate breakdown. Responsibility lies with the British Empire. We need climate reparations.

Pakistan is suffering the worst floods in history as a result of climate breakdown. We must change how we relate to nature to prevent further calamities.

Francia Márquez, Colombia’s first black vice president, brings hope for the country's marginalised communities.

The climate emergency is a lived reality across the Global South - we must have action not words from COP27.

The rise of climate sceptics to new prime minister Liz Truss’s cabinet has sparked fear that climate action will be scaled back.

The Ecologist today publishes Strategy 2023-6 promising a greater focus on the impacts of the fossil fuel economy - and a vision of a regenerative future.

Fossil fuel dependency is driving up the cost of living.

Home installations across Britain actually fell by more than 50 percent in the first half of 2022.

English cities allow private vehicles - that go unused for 95 percent of the time - to dominate their public spaces.

Green gentrification is a looming crisis - we must pay attention to who profits from, and who is exploited by, the built environment system.

We need a watertight windfall tax to stop rebound on climate action.

Car brands are changing the way they power their vehicles - now it's time for them to change how they use animals in the manufacturing process.