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Taking the pulse of the climate and environmental crises facing the planet, and what is being done about them.

By Tom Athanasiou | - This essay was originally published in Foreign Policy in Focus Just before the recent climate …

The COP28 text does not simply call for transitioning away from fossil fuels but rather stipulates that this transition must be “just, orderly, and equitable,” a much more challenging prospect.

Perhaps it Is time for taking a high risk of failure, as in a slim chance of winning a lottery, to produce a real chance of succeeding at saving the Earth system and human civilization.

From rural Pakistan, to the fjords of Chile, to a glittering Italian lake, the Bulletin’s climate coverage this year was truly global.

Owners want the 'luxury' cattery they trusted to be shut down.

Here’s some interesting commentary from the opposite poles of the political spectrum.

Forecasting is a mug’s game but to the extent that it is possible, “demography is destiny”, as a French philosopher once said.

Pacific elders are speaking out against Australia’s bid to host COP31, scheduled for 2026, reports Pip Hinman.

Rather than confront the horrifying realities of climate emergency, the Albanese government gaslights the nation.