Climate and Energy

Fossil fuels have kept us hooked to large, impersonal energy systems. Could renewables re-politicise or even democratise our relationship with energy?

Green renovations are driving up rents for the most vulnerable. Can the basic right to housing be made compatible with climate targets?

Uganda’s East Africa pipeline is sharpening conflict inside and outside the country. Could abandoning the project be the answer?

In Poland, the debate on the ecological transition is polluted by government-driven pro-nuclear propaganda.

How is Norway’s wind power boom impacting indigenous communities and local power?

Rosa Martínez Rodríguez spoke with Héctor Tejero about the backlash against renewables in Spain.

The world’s foremost institution for climate science steers an impossible path between evidencing climate change and avoiding controversy.

How can Europe introduce greater autonomy and wellbeing to its energy systems?

Swen Ore looks back at the history of rationing to imagine how a progressive decline in energy use might be managed.

A photo essay on the inhabitants of a small Italian island creating energy security for their community.