The greatest injustice of the climate crisis is that those least responsible for it are hit first and hardest. But within this injustice lies the key to a just and sustainable future. ASAD REHMAN, executive director of War on Want, explains
… like the Titanic, the privileged have rescue boats and the rest do not . Citizens of …
I slept in my clothes last night, on the bare wooden floor of one of the houses the first boatload of people to be evacuated from the Carteret Islands are building for their families. It was a jet-black night in the small clearing hacked out amid the jungle, the dark broken only by our two candles and the lights of Fireflies jigging in the trees.
Dan Box Blog: Morning in Tinputz Dan Box | 29th April 2009 Comment Dan Box Blog Carteret Islands Climate Change Global Warming Refugees Climate Change Blog Global Warming Sea Levels Climate Change …
The recent polar bear attack in Norway is the latest reminder that time is running out for these iconic mammals, with runaway climate change and habitat loss. Gavin Haines reports
Endgame for polar bears as Arctic habitat melts away Gavin Haines | 24th August 2011 News Climate Change Polar Bears Arctic Investigations Global Warming istock_000011927853xsmall.jpg The recent …
Earlier this year, journalist Dan Box won recognition from environmentalist George Monbiot for documenting the world's first climate change evacuation, of the Carteret islands in the South Pacific. Now, he returns to his experiences to ask if this is the first evacuation of many, how should we do it in future?
The first climate evacuation: what have we learned? Dan Box | 28th July 2009 News Climate Change Evacuation Carteret Refugees Global Warming carteretevac.jpg Earlier this year, journalist Dan Box won …
A moving cinematic tale of life on Asia’s longest river raises questions about ecology, development and China’s future
Up the Yangtze Sam Geall | 11th April 2008 Reviews China Film Progress Yangtze Global Warming Environment Climate Change Pollution A moving cinematic tale of life on Asia’s longest river raises …
From shrinking seas to devastated rainforests, a new app, Fragile Earth, is helping to chart humanity’s trail of destruction while challenging us to do something about it
PHOTO GALLERY: Fragile Earth app Ruth Styles | 25th April 2012 Ethical Living Fragile Planet Apps Explore Travel Green Living Climate Change Deforestation Global Warming 012b-winter.jpg From …
Plant fuels can never meet our current and growing energy needs and, as Robin Maynard reports, adopting a ‘carbohydrate economy’ may prove disastrous for our farmers, our food supply and our future
… fed when imports were blocked by German U-Boats, Kendall declared: ‘Not since the Second …
Zac Goldsmith talks to Leonardo DiCaprio about his new environmental film The 11th Hour
… the sea and the swarms of paparazzi-filled boats floating in the harbour. Sitting next to … reason, the paparazzi are going wild in their boats. DiCaprio doesn’t appear to notice. The …
The disappearance of Lohachara beneath the waters of the Bay of Bengal created the world’s first environmental refugees. Dan McDougall reports on other islanders in the Sundarbans delta who have no escape from the rising ocean. Photography by Robin Hammond
The world's first environmental refugees Dan McDougall | 30th January 2009 News Sea Levels Refugees Bangladesh Sunderbands Climate Change Flooding Environmental Justice Farming Food Security Global …
Dan Box reports from a community in its death throes, as the Carteret islanders pack up their homes and prepare to become the world’s first climate change refugees
Dan Box Blog - Paradise lost Dan Box | 14th May 2009 Comment Dan Box Blog The Ecologist Ecologist Carteret Islands Global Warming Climate Change Refugess Climate Change Global Warming Climate Change …
Lying off the coast of Papua New Guinea, the Carteret Islands are slowly being engulfed by a rising sea. Follow Dan Box's weekly blog as he journeys to meet the Carteret Islanders - the first people to be officially labelled as climate change refugees.
… Award’ and plan to be there when the first boats leave and, hopefully, to join the …
If you want evidence that global warming is happening, you need only look to China. Unseen by the rest of the world, much of the north of the country is turning into a land of droughts, dust storms and deserted villages.
Red Dust Rising Mark Lynas | 1st February 2004 News Duolun Droughts Dust Storms China Global Warming Drought Climate Change Archive_119.jpg If you want evidence that global warming is happening, you …