Nuclear fusion will change the world – but not in time for net zero
Private companies are overpromising with fusion power – it is vital that public funding survives the inevitable bankruptcies that follow, says Professor Matthew Hole.
The cryosphere is nearing irreversible tipping points – and the world is not prepared
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.
I helped convict my mother’s killers, but I know courts will not bring justice
Female, Indigenous, and environmental activists are ruthlessly targeted in Honduras, warns Bertha Zúñiga Cáceres.
How will capitalism react to climate collapse?
Abject failure to treat the causes of climate change, rather than the symptoms, has made solar geoengineering all but inevitable, say Wim Carton and Andreas Malm.
Climate diplomacy must shift focus from markets to land rights
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.
Effective climate policy targets economics, not emissions
Current Net Zero policies are unpopular and ineffective – it is time to dethrone fossil capital and forget emissions trading, says Jessica F. Green.
Seeds of industrialisation: how the soul of the apple got lost
An overreliance on pesticides and a disconnect from the land has dampened the mythology of America’s most iconic fruit, says Priyanka Kumar.
Climate donors must address the gender funding gap
Women are neglected by climate funding, despite their pivotal role in Indigenous land management and climate resilience, say Namnyak Sinandei Makko and Omaira Bolaños.
The Global Plastics Treaty must include production reduction
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.
Trump will leave climate science in smoking ruins – and the economy will suffer for it
Donald Trump is dismantling all sources of independent opinion in the United States to increase the power of the presidency, says John Holdren, former Presidential Science Advisor to Barack Obama.
