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Climate change: Is capitalism the problem or the solution?

11 September 2019

Transforming turbo-charged globalised capitalism into a green force for public good will take the deep thinking of two new books by Naomi Klein and Vaclav Smil

Underland is a profound journey into the mirror world of the dead

8 May 2019

An emotional and intellectual voyage into an underground mythical world imagined by the Sami people reveals truths about our collective future

A planet of nearly 8 billion people needs a new kind of green thinking

10 April 2019

In two new books, an unsung eco hero and a “natural capitalist” plot unique paths to environmental harmony on a crowded planet

How can India clean up when all of its waste has an afterlife?

25 April 2018

Waste has a complicated cultural significance in India. A new book looks at how that affects the country's efforts to get clean

Trophy: Is hunting really the only way to save big game?

10 January 2018

A film on white hunters and landowners offers a strong conservation case for killing Africa's big beasts, but it sidelines local black people who may disagree

Waterworlds: How should we protect our most precious resource?

6 December 2017

As new politics of protecting natural resources emerges, what does that mean for water? And who writes the rules? Three new books explore

Our terrifying energy future leaves us with uncertainties

20 September 2017

We could outrun environmental disaster by ditching fossil fuels for safer options, but will we? Three new books paint a scary picture by refusing to commit

Al Gore: The return of climate science’s preacher man

11 August 2017

Climate denialism seems to loom large, but after 10 years delivering his message globally, Al Gore believes we’re on the road to salvation

Is our environmental future better than we thought?

2 August 2017

Two possible visions of our future are competing for our attention: an Anthropocene desert of homogenised mongrels and a virtual supercontinent teeming with new species