Capitalism broke the planet. Here’s how it’s going to fix things
20 June 2018
The environment and high finance are strange bedfellows – but a new movement is raising billions to fight climate change. A breakthrough – or green hogwash?
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Worst-case climate change scenario is even worse than we thought
14 May 2018
A possible future that climatologists treat as the worst of the worst, because it would produce huge greenhouse gas emissions, might lead to even more emissions than believed
Rich nations restore their own forests but trash those elsewhere
14 May 2018
As countries get richer, they start replanting their forests – but this is not a big environmental gain because they “export” the deforestation to poor countries
Treeconomics: How to put a fair price tag on urban forests
9 May 2018
We can now calculate the exact value of a tree, from shade to beauty. Doing so could be the best way to protect them – and plan the forests of the future
The world's tallest tree costs more than a private island
9 May 2018
We valued 7 of the world's most famous trees, from strangler figs draping ancient ruins to a 9000-year-old spruce. The most pricey comes in at £11 million
Tourism is four times worse for the climate than we thought
7 May 2018
Tourism is being blamed for 8 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions, and it emits more every year – making it harder to stop dangerous climate change
Just half a degree less global warming would avert food shortage
3 April 2018
Governments are dithering over whether to limit climate change to 1.5°C or 2°C, but it seems the stricter target would avoid food shortages and major economic losses
Real colour of money: business wants profit and green cred
27 March 2018
A strange alliance of corporates and environmental groups thinks profits and green credentials can be aligned. But there's some angry pushback
It may be impossible to live comfortably without trashing Earth
5 February 2018
A study of 151 nations shows that the ones that do the most damage to the planet also give their citizens the best lives. Does this mean modern life is unworkable?
Tiny individual decisions really could help avert climate chaos
12 January 2018
A new computer model has shown individual decisions can massively influence how bad global warming might get. Time to take the human factor seriously, says Adam Corner
