Rainforests pushed to breaking point by new demands for resources, report says.
Need for minerals, biofuels and pulp adding to pressures from ranching, monocrops, oil and logging, analysis finds
Story by me.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Need for minerals, biofuels and pulp adding to pressures from ranching, monocrops, oil and logging, analysis findswww.theguardian.com
China’s Yangtze River shows signs of remarkable recovery after fishing ban
- the most positive freshwater conservation story in the world in 20 years, says one veteran biologist
Story by @jonathan-watts.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘An equal and habitable world is possible’
New report outlines vision of doubling incomes, halving working hours and keeping global heating below 2C.
My article on the Global Justice Report by Thomas Picketty, Cornelia Mohren and colleagues.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
Covering Climate Now
Jonathan Watts
Extraordinary victory for the people of the Tapajos. And all of us
Great article by @jonathan-watts.bsky.social - "Amid scientific warnings that the loss of the Amazon is perilously close to the point of no return, we all owe a debt to Alessandra Korap Munduruku & others who stood up" for the river
Doubling of fish biomass and rebounding of endangered species shows government measures starting to work, biologists say
China is dominating the energy transition with astonishing result, while fossil fuel fascists in the US try to turn back the clock
www.theguardian.com
George Monbiot
Damian Carrington
The 2015-2025 decade was the hottest ever measured with more than 90% of the excess heat absorbed by the #ocean. @jonathan-watts.bsky.social reports on the latest annual @wmo-global.bsky.social State of the Global #Climate report, which shows “no respite in sight” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Mountain slope instability is sometimes overlooked as an acute climate risk.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
Jonathan Watts
Jonathan Watts
Wetlands International
Environmental Information: Use and Influence (Dalhousie Univ.)
Rod Schoonover-Rey
www.theguardian.com
People in Niscemi struggle to comprehend loss of homes and businesses and feel disaster could have been avoided