Ted Theisinger wades into two big new contributions to ‘river thought’. From the late, great James C. Scott and Colorado’s Ellen Wohl.
Opinion
The world’s burning wetlands are ticking carbon bombs – but there are reasons to be hopeful
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Steve Trent
Agriculture is draining and burning the world’s largest carbon sinks – it is vital for nature and humanity that governments act on this year’s promises to protect wetlands, says Steve Trent.
Opinion
Nuclear fusion will change the world – but not in time for net zero
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Matthew Hole
Private companies are overpromising with fusion power – it is vital that public funding survives the inevitable bankruptcies that follow, says Professor Matthew Hole.
Opinion
The cryosphere is nearing irreversible tipping points – and the world is not prepared
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Letizia Tedesco, Josephine Z. Rapp and Petra Heil
Time is rapidly running out to prevent catastrophic climate impacts to the Earth’s polar ice sheets, glaciers and permafrost - decision-makers at COP30 must act now, say leading polar scientists.
Read our series of investigations on the UK’s biomass supply chain, watch clips from the BBC Newsnight documentary, and explore international news coverage.
Drax biomass led to disabling health conditions, say unions and workers
The UK's largest power plant is facing worker lawsuits after the national health and safety regulator dropped criminal charges over biomass dust in 2023, a Land and Climate Investigation can reveal.
A longstanding battle: Māori efforts to protect the Whanganui River
In an excerpt from their new book, Dana Zartner, Fabian Cardenas, and Mohammed Golam Sarwar reflect on the most famous case of nature being granted legal personhood.
Adaptation is not only about finance and technology - it is about visualising change. Bertie Harrison-Broninski reads John Vaillant's 'Fire Weather' and Stephen Robert Miller's 'Over the Seawall'.
Climate diplomacy must shift focus from markets to land rights
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Frederike Klümper and Joanna Trimble
Land tenure is key to climate goals, but carbon markets have had harrowing impacts on local communities. A new agenda on adaptation must succeed where decarbonisation has failed, say Frederike Klümper and Joanna Trimble.
Opinion
Effective climate policy targets economics, not emissions
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Jessica F. Green
Current Net Zero policies are unpopular and ineffective - it is time to dethrone fossil capital and forget emissions trading, says Jessica F. Green.
Opinion
The Global Plastics Treaty must include production reduction
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Punyathorn Jeungsmarn
After three years of negotiations, delegates must not compromise on their principles at the UN's final session to decide international legally binding rules on plastic pollution, says Punyathorn Jeungsmarn.
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