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Tackling population growth is key to fighting climate change

Tackling population growth is key to fighting climate change

9 November 2022

With the global population set to reach 8 billion people next week, Robin Maynard argues that investment in family planning, gender equality and education would have a profound positive impact on the planet


Why the UK government's attack on nature cannot be allowed to succeed

Why the UK government's attack on nature cannot be allowed to succeed

5 October 2022

The UK government’s bid to slash environmental protections is an onslaught on nature and the laws that protect it. We are angry, and we are not alone, says RSPB chief executive Beccy Speight


Wild boar appear destructive, but they make excellent conservationists

Wild boar appear destructive, but they make excellent conservationists

28 September 2022

Keystone species such as wild boar, eagles and lynx were managing the planet quite well for millions of years before humans got involved. We must cherish them, says Benedict Macdonald


Millimetre-wave beams could give us access to deep geothermal energy

Millimetre-wave beams could give us access to deep geothermal energy

10 August 2022

Optimised for fusion research, millimetre-wave beam technology could be adapted to access the heat that lies several kilometres below Earth's surface, says Eugene Linden


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


The way we are going about saving coral reefs is all wrong

The way we are going about saving coral reefs is all wrong

2 February 2022

Coral gardening projects are more popular than ever to help reefs recover from the effects of a warming ocean, but they are a distraction away from the real solutions, says Catherine Collins


Climate change misinformation is prevalent online

Our AI is exposing climate misinformation throughout COP26

11 November 2021

Misinformation about climate change is polluting social media. That's why we've built an AI to try to expose and stop it, says Bill Posters


The 5 roles you may have to affect climate change

30 September 2021

Many people have a disproportionate impact on climate change – here’s how to harness that power for good, write Kimberly Nicholas and Kristian Steensen Nielsen


We have just two years to stop deep-sea mining from going ahead

We have just two years to stop deep-sea mining from going ahead

21 July 2021

Deep-sea mining would be an environmental disaster, so we need a global moratorium to halt it in its tracks. Here’s how we go about getting one, says Helen Scales


Ecocide may be on its way to becoming a new international crime

Ecocide may be on its way to becoming a new international crime

5 May 2021

There have long been calls for international laws to make environmental destruction, or ecocide, a crime. Now that movement may have a chance, writes Graham Lawton


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