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Kunming in China, where COP15 is due to take place

China is putting nature at risk with its biodiversity summit delays

10 June 2022

It's time for China to put national pride aside and let another country host the UN COP15 biodiversity conference, for the sake of wildlife, plants and habitats worldwide, says Adam Vaughan


Global tree loss is undermining tactics to address the climate crisis

Global tree loss is undermining tactics to address the climate crisis

7 April 2021

Global tree loss is undermining tactics to address the climate crisis. It is time world leaders got their acts together, says Adam Vaughan


An electric car at the BMW plant near Oxford

Electric cars' best ever year is a tipping point for green transport

7 January 2021

More electric cars were sold last year than in the previous decade. Fossil fuel-powered cars are not yet consigned to the scrapheap, but they are travelling fast down a one-way road towards it, says Adam Vaughan


China has shut all of its wild animal markets – it was long overdue

China has shut all of its wild animal markets – it was long overdue

4 March 2020

In an attempt to stem the spread of coronavirus, China has shut its wildlife markets for good. It is a welcome move, says Adam Vaughan


The Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the launch of the next COP26 UN Climate Summit at the Science Museum, London.

We can’t let Boris Johnson politicise crucial COP26 climate talks

5 February 2020

The most important climate talks for years are already becoming political. This needs to stop if we have any chance of success at COP26, says Adam Vaughan


Extinction Rebellion protests should be embraced, not banned

Extinction Rebellion protests should be embraced, not banned

15 October 2019

The move to haul protesters off London’s streets reflects a scientifically and economically illiterate political and media elite in denial about the climate


School climate strikers

We’re living through a climate emergency. Time to start acting like it

20 June 2019

It’s not enough to call climate change an emergency, says Adam Vaughan. We need to take emergency action as well


Arctic cartoon

Is there anything we can do to stop Greenland from turning green?

1 May 2019

The speed and scale of Arctic melting is shocking even hardened researchers – the need to act now has never been clearer, says our chief reporter Adam Vaughan


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