Quick climate dictionary: what actually is a carbon footprint?

Most carbon footprint calculations are more like toe prints, because they don’t give the full picture.

Anna Turns, Senior Environment Editor • conversation
Dec. 5, 2024 ~6 min

On climate change, the international court of justice faces a pivotal choice

The court is set to issue an advisory opinion on climate change.

Claudia Ituarte-Lima, Leader of the Human Rights and Environment Thematic Area at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute, Lund University • conversation
Dec. 5, 2024 ~8 min


Supreme Court could narrow the scope of federal environmental reviews, with less consideration of how projects would contribute to climate change

The Supreme Court will consider how far outward federal agencies should look when they analyze how a proposed action could affect the environment.

J.B. Ruhl, Professor of Law, Director, Program on Law and Innovation, and Co-director, Energy, Environment and Land Use Program, Vanderbilt University • conversation
Dec. 4, 2024 ~11 min

The best and worst meat replacements for your health, your wallet and the planet – new research

Beans are best all round, followed by veggie burgers and lab-grown beef.

Marco Springmann, Senior Researcher on Environment and Health, University of Oxford • conversation
Dec. 3, 2024 ~7 min

Peatlands urgently need to be restored for UK to meet emissions targets

Peat restoration is an important nature-based solution that can mitigate climate change and will be an essential part of reaching the UK’s legally binding emissions targets.

Casey Bryce, Senior Lecturer, School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol • conversation
Dec. 2, 2024 ~8 min

How theatre, music and film are helping us unlock new solutions to the world’s plastics problem

Arts-based research methods are bringing fresh perspectives as the world seeks much-needed solutions to plastic pollution.

Erika Hughes, Professor of Theatre for Social Change, University of Portsmouth • conversation
Nov. 28, 2024 ~6 min

Five steps agriculture in Wales should take to help reach net zero

Wales is considering how to achieve net zero by 2035, but significant changes are needed to meet this target.

Judith Thornton, Low Carbon Manager, Aberystwyth University • conversation
Nov. 27, 2024 ~7 min

Why UN climate change summits are ‘fundamentally flawed’

Cop29, the 29th annual climate conference in Azerbaijan, came to an end on Sunday, and in its wake have come doubts about the UN process for negotiating a solution to global heating. “All this means we…

Jack Marley, Environment + Energy Editor, UK edition • conversation
Nov. 27, 2024 ~11 min


UN climate negotiations end on shaky geopolitical ground, but I see reasons for hope

National leaders may be struggling to agree, but businesses see the economic benefits of clean energy, states are cutting emissions, and people everywhere are more cognizant of their actions.

Shannon Gibson, Associate Professor of International Relations and Environmental Studies, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences • conversation
Nov. 27, 2024 ~10 min

Fallen ancient civilizations show us why we must not ignore climate warnings

Archaeology teaches us that we are not immune to extinction.

Jay Silverstein, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Chemistry and Forensics, Nottingham Trent University • conversation
Nov. 26, 2024 ~7 min

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