Deforestation

Once a symbol of coexistence between nature and humans, the Bug River is now a political battlefield, flanked by heavy barriers and fallen trees.

As the European Union tries to enhance its competitiveness on the global stage, balancing its trade ambitions with its sustainability goals has proven difficult. The recently delayed EU Deforestation Regulation, challenged by both internal political forces and the bloc’s external partners, is a good example. While such laws are necessary in climate mitigation efforts, the EU’s primary goal should be to reduce overconsumption and enhance self-sufficiency.

Although the threat facing the Amazon region is well-known, it is hard to truly grasp the severity of the situation through scientific facts alone.

While EU leaders continue to bicker over the future of the EU-Mercosur deal, abandoning it is not the answer.

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.

Vidal Mota Jr. evaluates the impact of deforestation in Brazil against its international climate obligations.

An agroecological Europe could be the answer to a food system that’s bad for our health and damaging to our environment.

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

Drawing on political theory and environmental philosophy, Jeff Justice makes the case for legitimate rebellion in the face of government inaction on climate.

We need a coal phase-out, fast. But promoting wood burning as an environmentally friendly alternative is a move out of the frying pan and into the fire.