Natural Disasters

Drought and torrential rain exposed Italy to devastating floods last May. Inefficient administration, short-sighted politics, and an unstoppable appetite for urban sprawl are to blame.

In August 2022, a toxic algae bloom killed millions of fish in the Odra, exposing Poland’s inaction in protecting its rivers from the combined threats of pollution and climate change. One year later, river restoration efforts remain insufficient throughout the Baltic region. But the demands of civil society and citizens to democratise water management are becoming impossible to ignore.

Venice‘s changing relationship with the lagoon surrounding it could herald the decline of the city and its ecosystem.

Might the term ‘climate refugee’ cause more problems than it solves?

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

In The New Border Wars, Klaus Dodds predicts that floods will continue to ravage our continents, with devastating consequences for both people and ecosystems.

WWF Germany’s Michael Schäfer explains what is at stake in the European elections from an environmental and biodiversity perspective.

In the wake of Hurricane Irma and others, this Foucauldian concept opens the door on a new way of seeing climate change and responsibility.