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1 Aug 2021 3 minute read

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‘Will my activism jeopardize my future?’

A climate activist fears what impact a conviction could have on their future and turns to Agony Uncle.

Tree-planting overkill? There literally isn’t enough room on the planet to host all the corporate carbon offsetting plans. NIKOLA JOVANOVIC/UNSPLASH

20 Jul 2021 3 minute read

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Is there such a thing as a ‘good’ carbon offset?

Is there more to carbon offsetting than greenwash? Danny Chivers explores.

Photo by Fred Murphy is licensed under CC BY-ND-NC 1.0.

18 Jul 2021 3 minute read

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Introducing… From The Front

Over the next two years, our new series will explore pathways to peace and environmental protection.

29 Dec 2020 2 minute read

This article is almost three years old.

5 reasons why care and the climate are inseparable

Amy Hall on the underappreciated link between the twin crises of our times.

Illustration by Emma Peer

27 Jul 2020 3 minute read

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In an uncertain global future, is it ethical to have children?

Ethical and political dilemmas abound these days. Seems like we’re all in need of a New Internationalist perspective. Enter...

12 Mar 2020 2 minute read

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Confessions of a frequent flyer

Nanjala Nyabola on making amends for high-carbon lifestyles.

11 Mar 2020 4 minute read

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Recording climate catastrophe

Louise Gray on sonic journalism, a novel way of recording the decline of...

Car drivers in Bogotá, Colombia, spent 271 hours in traffic jams during 2018, in Dublin 246 hours and in London 227 hours, according to global traffic data cruncher INREX

16 Nov 2019 3 minute read

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What if...cities became car-free?

Vanessa Baird on how to turn a toxic bane into a liberating blessing.

A demonstrator wearing a Guy Fawkes mask waves a Mapuche indigenous flag during a protest against Chile's government in Santiago, Chile October 31, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Romero

12 Nov 2019 5 minute read

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Chile is evading scrutiny on climate justice

The relocation of the UN climate summit to Spain is a distraction from growing state repression.

17 Oct 2019 5 minute read

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Negotiating a just retreat from rising seas

As cities begin planning for coastal erosion, relocating residents has paved the way for land grabs, forced evictions and a...

11 Oct 2019 4 minute read

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Diary of a rebel

Charlotte Greene* shares a powerful and personal account of 24-hours with Extinction Rebellion’s October...

3 Oct 2019 3 minute read

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What if...the world turned vegan?

Vanessa Baird dreams on. Or maybe not?

23 Sep 2019 13 minute read

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What we cannot avoid

Jeremy Seabrook on the virulent nostalgias which obscure an essential conflict – how to reconcile the needs...

18 Sep 2019 5 minute read

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Voices from the global climate strike

The global climate strike is a crucial mobilization against ecological breakdown. Adam Weymouth speaks to...

15 Jul 2019 3 minute read

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Five paths to combatting climate breakdown

Climate breakdown is in the spotlight. Danny Chivers offers five ways to seize the moment.

20 Mar 2019 2 minute read

This article is almost five years old.

A Green New Deal for the US and beyond

Can this much lauded proposal help advance internationalist aims? Mark Engler argues that it could.

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