Biodiversity

A biodiversity crisis is underway despite stronger global rules for nature.

Postponing action on biodiversity could be a death sentence for many species on the planet and costly for humankind. Here’s what we can still do.

Livestock farming is one of humanity’s most destructive activities to the environment. Yet when measures to protect biodiversity and combat climate change are discussed, addressing this is rarely high on the political agenda. George Monbiot calls for decisive policy responses and mass mobilisation to change the way we produce and consume our food. We spoke with him about his new book Regenesis, the right moments for change, the current state of climate activism, and the threats posed by right-wing politics.

The case of a small town in Lithuania shows how funding earmarked for the protection of biodiversity is being used in ways that undermine this goal.

After her Pulitzer-winning The Sixth Extinction, Elizabeth Kolbert’s new book, Under a White Sky, describes the world of “techno-fixes” to the damage we have inflicted on nature.

For a Covid-19 recovery that addresses both present and future needs, Europe will need to prioritise three key elements.

Biodiversity has not full broken onto the political agenda even though its mismanagement drive pandemics and disease outbreaks.

The moment is now to redefine our food systems around principles of sustainability and justice.

Uncontrollable fires rage across the world. What does it mean to live in the Pyrocene epoch?

Selected infographics offer a data-driven snapshot of ecological perceptions and realities and across Europe.