カテゴリー: Climate crisis
UK Export Finance used £5.24bn of taxpayer money to fund overseas energy and infrastructure ventures – despite its own review raising concernsThe British government has provided more than £5bn in the past three years to overseas energy and infrastructu…
While many Pacific communities are facing shrinking coastlines, a newly formed island has led to generational and tribal fightsWhile across the Pacific communities are dealing with shrinking coastlines, one area in Papua New Guinea has an altogether di…
President signals more cautious approach to climate crisis and says China must ‘overcome notion of rapid success’ China’s ambitious low-carbon goals will not be realised easily and should not come at the expense of energy and food security or the “norm…
One-horned species was nearly extinct before poaching was curbed. Now the climate crisis could pose a greater threatGanesh Pant worries about the future. While he delights in the stunning conservation accomplishment that has seen the numbers of greater…
The river town of Mongla is leading the way in a project to resettle people in a region decimated by extreme weatherBy the time the rising sun breaks through the morning mist over the Mongla River, the rhythmic chug of motors strapped to wooden canoes …
Villagers rely more on the forest’s resources, threatening its ecosystem – and leaving them more vulnerable to cyclonesHelp us support those on the climate emergency’s frontlineAs he steps out of the mosque on the banks of the Kholpetua River, Mohammed…
Those worst affected by the climate crisis will show us the way forward – if they are given enough support to survive it firstHelp us support those on the frontline of the climate emergencyDonate to our charity appeal hereOver the past month, the Guard…
Indian author says pillaging of lands and killing of indigenous people laid foundation for climate emergencyAmitav Ghosh can clearly remember his first interaction with the climate crisis. It was the early 2000s, and Ghosh, now one of India’s most cele…
Coastal communities in Mexico, Bangladesh and Somalia are struggling to adapt to the climate crisis. Many people have already lost livelihoods and homes to rising waters Continue reading…
Here are 20 articles that may have helped convince people to support the Guardian’s journalismThe Guardian benefited from hundreds of thousands of acts of support from digital readers in 2021 – almost one for every minute of the year. Here we look at t…
Governments urged to use ‘peace dividend’ to help UN tackle pandemics, climate crisis and extreme povertyMore than 50 Nobel laureates have signed an open letter calling for all countries to cut their military spending by 2% a year for the next five yea…
The resolution proposed that the climate crisis could potentially threaten ‘global peace, security and stability’Russia has vetoed a first-of-its-kind UN security council resolution casting the climate crisis as a threat to international peace and secu…
This year’s Guardian and Observer campaign supports charities fighting global climate injustice. Here, we look at Practical Action, which helps small farms in BangladeshDonate to our charity appeal hereThe cyclones that repeatedly hit his village deep …