In this joint statement to COP21 Amnesty International and Greenpeace International call on all governments to protect human rights by including making respect for human rights an explicit purpose of any agreement, while agreeing to phase out fossil fuels and deliver 100% renewables for all by 2050.
To protect human rights means 100% renewable energy for all by 2050 Greenpeace Amnesty International | 9th December 2015 Comment Climate Change Human Rights COP21 Law Unfccc Energy Renewables …
The Philippines is taking a huge leap forward in the climate wars, writes Ellen Baker, with the world's 'top 50' energy giants standing accused of violating international human rights law as a result of their fossil fuel production. This is the first such investigation ever to take place anywhere in the world - and it just opened up a whole new front of corporate vulnerability.
Are fossil fuel giants violating human rights? The Philippines will decide Ellen Baker ClientEarth | 13th January 2016 Activism Human Rights Climate Change Law Energy Philippines COP21 Corporations …
Does the fight for social justice include animal liberation? Municipalist organizing can build a transformative future for all creatures.
Animal liberation from below: toward a radical interspecies municipalism The Symbiosis Research Collective | 6th August 2018 Comment Animal Rights Radical Municipalism Climate Change …
On the final day of the trial of Caroline Lucas and other anti-fracking protestors, we ask - what about human rights? Entirely neglected by the government in its desperate drive to frack, they ought to trump all other policy considerations.
Fracking - why are human rights being ignored? Damien Short Karen Hulme Steffen Böhm | 25th March 2014 Comment Fracking Law Fossil Fuels Water Pollution UK Politics balcombe-demo-2.png On the final …
The acclaimed buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh talks to the Ecologist about the loss of biodiversity and why human vulnerability is not something we should despair about
… to a high-consumption lifestyle NEWS ANALYSIS Humanity has already had four major ecological … minister Michael Meacher on the place of humanity in the universe, intelligent design, …
In an extract from his new book the Jolly Pilgrim, Peter Baker argues that taking a long view on the human species will make us more able to cope with today's problems
… global temperatures are rising. As a result humanity is sitting on a ticking time bomb and … in turn, helped drive an enormous increase in humanity's command of the physical sciences …
Theologian Martin Palmer tells Tom Levitt how we can learn from previous man-made ecological collapses in Britain and create a 'new narrative' that challenges our dominant consumer culture
… Humanity has already had four major ecological … that to be, nature, and ourselves, then humanity is not able to place itself at the … minister Michael Meacher on the place of humanity in the universe, intelligent design, …
Worried about debt, defaults and deficits? Save up your concern for the real problem, writes Glen Barry. The systematic destruction Earth's natural ecosystems for short-term profit is the 'bubble' that underlies economic growth - and if allowed to continue its bursting will leave the Earth in a state of social, economic and ecological collapse.
… as in the pursuit of short-term growth, humanity overruns natural ecosystems including … , raising the very real possibility of humanity pulling down the biosphere as we … on a finite Earth can only end in collapse. Humanity must embrace a steady state economy - …
The plight of much of the world's wildlife seems 'worse than ever', writes Alex Kirby. To blame is unsustainable human consumption, which is driving habitat loss, climate change and the illegal wildlife trade.
… for space. For more than 40 years, it says, humanity's demand on nature has exceeded what … fuels has been the dominant component of humanity's Ecological Footprint for more than … for "planetary boundaries" beyond which humanity will "enter a danger zone where …
A new movement has been launched at COP21 in Paris to give legal effect to the rights of nature and communities, writes Hal Rhoades, providing effective protection against the gross environmental damage and human rights violations that accompany extractive industries from mining to oil development and agri-business projects, and which underlie climate change.
COP21: call for international treaty on rights of nature and communities Hal Rhoades | 8th December 2015 News Law Human Rights Ecocide COP21 Climate Change Mining Indigenous Peoples shuar-cut.jpg A …
Climate change has species on the move, with major consequences for biodiversity and human communities write TERO MUSTONEN and HANNIBAL RHOADES. Building resilience has never been more important and Indigenous Peoples are showing the way
Ecologist Special Report: From fish to forests and conflicts to coffee...how humans are affected by climate-driven species shifts Tero Mustonen Hannibal Rhoades | 20th April 2017 News Species Shift …
Long after we go extinct the human presence on Earth will be marked by a geological stratum rich in plastic garbage, according to a new study. Long-lived plastics are already widespread over the ocean floor, and there's a lot more on its way. Forget the 'Anthropocene' - the human era should rightly be called the Plasticene.
Humans will be remembered for leaving a 'plastic planet' Oliver Tickell | 28th January 2016 News Geology Science Waste Pollution Oceans plastic-beach-cut.jpg Long after we go extinct the human …
By working together and caring for those in need we can show that human kindness and global cooperation are stronger than competition and fear, writes Matt Mellen, and essential to building the better world we seek. Let's begin by recognising the humanity of the refugees washing up on Europe's shores.
… world we seek. Let's begin by recognising the humanity of the refugees washing up on …
David Nicholson-Lord explains why trying to discuss human population growth these days is like placing your head on a stand at a coconut shy
… Economics Politics Lifestyle Enviroment Humanity Biology Genetics Population Famine … for example, tells us not only that in 2001 humanity as a whole overshot the Earth’s …
The future of our planet itself depends on revolutionising the fabric of our entire social order. Natural forces of evolution and revolution can provide a model. The latest essay from the SYMBIOSIS RESEARCH COLLECTIVE
… new social order that enhances our humanity alongside the well-being of the … a fundamentally more free and equal society, humanity retraces many of its steps. Sense of … an ecological revolution means foregrounding humanity’s recovery of mutualistic and …
The greatest volcanic eruption in human history changed the 19th century as much as Napoleon, if not more, writes Gillen D'Arcy Wood. Yet how many of us know of Tambora, the climate havoc it unleashed, or the global cholera pandemic it spawned?
The Tambora eruption and human history Gillen D'Arcy Wood | 18th June 2014 Comment Health Climate Change Catastrophe History tambora-cut.jpg The greatest volcanic eruption in human history changed …
While the arrival of humans has been proposed as a potential cause of extinction, evidence on this is limited.
Climate 'cause of woolly rhinoceros extinction' Nina Massey | 14th August 2020 | News Biodiversity Climate Change Extinction Woolly rhinoceros skeleton While the arrival of humans has been proposed …
French photographer and environmental activist, Yann Arthus Bertrand, author of 'The Earth from the Air', sets out his hopes and fears for the future in this interview with Tadzio Mac Gregor - and explains why, despite all the problems that afflict the world, he has no space for pessimism.
Yann Arthus Bertrand: 'There's something we are clearly missing' Tadzio Mac Gregor | 3rd July 2015 Comment Art Books Climate Change Food yann-cut.jpg French photographer and environmental activist, …
Thousands of children face fines from schools for striking for climate action - but protest is a human right.
Pupils have 'human right to strike' for climate Alex Morss | 15th February 2019 News Climate Change Strike Schools Human Rights Change Makers 45401830745_a5d69bb3b5_z.jpg Thousands of children face …
According to a leaked draft IPCC document Planet Earth is likely to become increasingly inhospitable to the human race ...
Human suffering will be exacerbated greatly by climate change Andrea Gear | 5th November 2013 News Climate Change Ipcc Humans According to a leaked draft IPCC document Planet Earth is likely to …
Now showing as part of London's International Mime Festival, Flesh and Blood is about two office workers becoming feral. It's absurd yet its ecological messages are clear, says Matilda Lee
Flesh and Blood & Fish and Fowl: a comedy about human extinction Matilda Lee | 21st January 2011 Activism Culture Change Climate Change Nature Endangered Species Downshifting Flesh And Blood & Fish …
The economic and climate-related impacts of forest destruction are well known, but continued logging could unleash devastating new pandemics and spread fatal diseases into the human population, scientists tell the Ecologist
Deforestation could fuel deadly spread of malaria, yellow fever and Lyme disease David Hawkins | 17th November 2010 News Health Deforestation Climate Change Malaria Yellow Fever HIV Logging …