NEWS ARTICLES

by Damian Carrington in The Guardian (2019/05/23)

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News article on Global general strike on 20 September 2019.
Keywords Climate Emergency; Strike; Climate Action; Climate Movement; activism.

by Damian Carrington in The Guardian (2020/04/27)
About News piece on interlinkages of pandemics and biodiversity loss and species extinction. The coronavirus pandemic is likely to be followed by even more deadly and destructive disease outbreaks unless their root cause – the rampant destruction of the natural world – is rapidly halted, the world’s leading biodiversity experts have warned.
Keywords Biodiversity; Covid19; pandemics; extinction.

by Jonathan Watts in The Guardian (2019/05/06)
About News piece on "Human society under urgent threat from loss of Earth's natural life. Scientists reveal 1 million species at risk of extinction in damning UN report"
Keywords Extinction; climate breakdown; biodiversity loss.

by Graham Redfearn in The Guardian (2020/03/31)
About News article on how Climate crisis may have pushed world's tropical coral reefs to tipping point of 'near-annual' bleaching. Exclusive: Mass bleaching seen along Great Barrier Reef could mark start of global-scale event, expert warns.
Keywords Climate Emergency; oceans; coral reefs.

by Graham Redfearn in The Guardian (2020/3/29)
About News article: The annual Australia’s Environment report finds last year’s heat and drought caused unprecedented damage.
Keywords Climate Emergency; fires; Australia; heat; drought.

by Stephen Buranyi in The Guardian (2019/12/31)

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News article: What scientists can see and measure, in the garbage patches and on beaches, accounts for only a tiny fraction of the total plastic entering the water
Keywords Oceans; Plastic; microplastic

by Fiona Harveyi in The Guardian (2020/03/04)
About News article: Tropical forests losing their ability to absorb carbon, study finds. Amazon could turn into source of CO2 in atmosphere by next decade, research suggests
Keywords carbon sink; climate emergency; forests; amazon

by Fiona Harveyi in The Guardian (2019/12/10)
About News article: Greenland's ice sheet melting seven times faster than in 1990s. Scale and speed of loss much higher than predicted, threatening inundation for hundreds of millions of people
Keywords Greenland; glaciers; melting; climate emergency; arctic

- Editorial by The Guardian (2020/01/07)

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Editorial article: The Guardian view on an ice-sheet collapse: threatening the world’s coasts - Editorial
Keywords Climate emergency; Glaciers; ice sheets; melting

by Damian Carrington in The Guardian (2019/04/03)
About News article: Heatwaves sweeping oceans ‘like wildfires’, scientists reveal. Extreme temperatures destroy kelp, seagrass and corals – with alarming impacts for humanity
Keywords Climate emergency; heatwaves; oceans

by Damian Carrington in The Guardian (2020/01/13)
About News article: Ocean temperatures hit record high as rate of heating accelerates. Oceans are clearest measure of climate crisis as they absorb 90% of heat trapped by greenhouse gases
Keywords Climate emergency; oceans;

by Monica Ulmanu, Alan Evans and Georgia Brown in The Guardian (2018/11/15)

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Article on the deaths of environmental activists and defenders in 2018
Keywords Environmental Activism; Violence; Global Witness; Death; Defenders

by George Monbiot in The Guardian (2019/04/03)

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News article: The natural world can help save us from climate catastrophe. Ecological restoration can be a powerful means of protecting the atmosphere – we need to rewild on a massive scale
Keywords Climate Emergency; Crisis; Biodiversity; Ecosystem; Ecological Restoration;

by Damian Carrington in The Guardian (2019/06/10)

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News article on a new report finding that a frightening’ number of plant extinctions found in global survey
Keywords Extinction; Species loss; Plant extinction; Climate Emergency;

by Damian Carrington in The Guardian (2019/06/25)

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News article: UN expert says human rights might not survive due to Climate Emergency
Keywords Climate Emergency; Human Rights; Environmental Crisis; UN; Climate Apartheid

by Erin McCormick, Bennett Murray, Carmela Fonbuena, Leonie Kijewski, Gökçe Saraçoğlu, Jamie Fullerton, Alastair Gee and Charlotte Simmonds in The Guardian (2019/06/17)

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A Guardian report from 11 countries tracks how US waste makes its way across the world – and overwhelms the poorest nations
Keywords Plastic; consumption; environmental crisis; climate crisis;

by Susie Cagle in The Guardian (2019/06/24)
About A Guardian Comic on plastic and waste
Keywords Plastic; consumption; environmental crisis; climate crisis;

by Damian Carrington in The Guardian (2019/07/04)
About News article on a research contribution: Research shows a trillion trees could be planted to capture huge amount of carbon dioxide
Keywords Climate Emergency; Tree planting; Carbon capture; carbon emissions; Tree Restoration

by Damian Carrington in The Guardian (2019/04/03)
About Climate Emergency; Nature; Environmental Restoration; Tree Restoration
Keywords Climate Emergency; Nature; Environmental Restoration; Tree Restoration

by Damian Carrington in The Guardian (2018/05/31)
About News article on a scientific research contribution: Biggest analysis to date reveals huge footprint of livestock - it provides just 18% of calories but takes up 83% of farmland
Keywords Meat Industry; Dairy Industry; Climate Emergency;

by Patrick Barkham in The Guardian (2018/05/31)
About News article on tree restoration and climate mitigation
Keywords Tree Restoration; Research; Environmental Restoration; Climate Emergency

by Adam Morton in The Guardian (2019/07/09)

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News article on a new study showing that Glacial melting in Antarctica may become irreversible
Keywords Climate Emergency; Glacial Melting; Glaciers; Antarctica

by Damian Carrington in The Guardian (2019/07/02)

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News article on study showing a precipitious fall in Antarctic sea ice level
Keywords Climate Emergency; Antractica

by Fiona Harvey in The Guardian (2019/07/07)
About News article on climate disasters and how one is happening every week according to experts
Keywords Climate Emergency; Disaster; Climate Crisis; UN; catastrophe

by Robin McKie in The Guardian (2019/04/04)
About News article on the need to transform food production in the face of climate emergency
Keywords Climate Emergency; Food Production; Food System; Carbon Emissions; Sustainability

by Damian Carrington in The Guardian (2019/08/08)

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News article on an IPCC report stating that climate crisis will reduce ecosystems ability to sustain humanity
Keywords Climate Emergency; land; ecosystems; climate breakdown;

by Jonathan Watts in The Guardian (2018/10/08)

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News article: IPCC calls for urgent changes needed to cut risk of extreme heat, drought, floods and poverty
Keywords Climate Emergency; Ecosystems; environmental crisis;

it by Damian Carrington in The Guardian (2019/08/08)

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News article on IPCC report how climate impact reduces lands ability to sustain civilisation
Keywords Climate Impact; Climate Emergency; Land

by Damian Carrington in The Guardian (2018/12/05)

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News article on the high increase of global carbon emissions
Keywords Carbon emissions; Climate Emergency; Emission increase

by Damian Carrington in The Guardian (2017/07/10)

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News article on a research contribution revealing billions of populations of animals have been lost in recent decades
Keywords Extinction; Biodiversity loss; Climate Emergency;

by Kate Connolly in The Guardian (2019/08/13)
About News article: Polar cruise boom harming the Arctic, explorer warns
Keywords Arctic; Environmental crisis; cruise industry; environmental harm

by Jonathan Watts in The Guardian (2019/08/12)

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News article: Arctic wildfires spew soot and smoke cloud bigger than EU. Plume from unprecedented blazes forecast to reach Alaska as fires rage for third month
Keywords Arctic; wildfire; climate emergency; environmental crisis;

by Eliane Brum in The Guardian (2019/08/23)

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News article on Forest fires and deforestation in brazilian amazon under Bolsonaro
Keywords Brazil; Deforestation; Amazon; Bolsonaro; Forest fire

by Dom Phillips in The Guardian (2019/08/22)
About News article on climate action against forest fires in Amazon
Keywords Brazil; Deforestation; Amazon; Forest Fires; Climate Emergency

by Dom Phillips in The Guardian (2019/08/30)

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News article on corporate pressure on Brazil due to Amazon forest fires
Keywords Climate Emergency; Forest Fires; Climate crisis; Amazon; deforestation; corporations

by Naomi Klein in The Guardian (2019/09/14)

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News article by Naomi Klein on how politics and capitalism have hindered the response to climate emergency
Keywords Climate Emergency; Climate action; capitalism; climate politics

by Eric Hilarie in The Guardian (2019/09/20)

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Photo compilation of Global Climate Strike on September 20th 2019
Keywords Climate action; climate emergency; climate strike; activism; photos

by Patrick Greenfield in The Guardian (2019/10/02)

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News article on the role of big asset managers in climate emergency. The world’s three largest money managers have built a combined $300bn fossil fuel investment portfolio using money from people’s private savings and pension contributions, the Guardian can reveal
Keywords Climate Emergency; Fossil Fuels; Finance; Investment; BlackRock; State Street; Vanguard;

by Matthew Taylor & Jonathan Watts in The Guardian (2019/10/09)

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News article: New data shows how fossil fuel companies have driven climate crisis despite industry knowing dangers
Keywords Climate Emergency; Climate Responsiblity; Corporations; Fossil Fuels

by Jillian Ambrose in The Guardian (2019/10/14)

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News article: Rise of renewables may see off oil firms decades earlier than they think. Pace of progress raises hope that fossil fuel companies could lose their domination
Keywords Renewable energy; energy; Climate Emergency; Fossil Fuels;

by Jonathan Watts, Garry Blight, Lydia McMullan Pablo Gutiérrez in The Guardian (2019/10/09)

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News article: climate crisis timeline and climate change denialism
Keywords Climate denialism; Climate emergency; environmental crisis; environment; climate action

by Jillian Ambrose in The Guardian (2019/10/21)

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News article on renewable energy and it's potential for it's production to increase
Keywords Renewable energy; energy; Climate Emergency; Fossil Fuels;

by Jillian Ambrose in The Guardian (2019/10/23)

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News article on UK's Labor party unveiling plans for carbon neutral energy system by 2030
Keywords UK: Labor Party; Carbon neutrality; Climate policy; Climate emergency; carbon emissions'

by Jillian Ambrose in The Guardian (2019/11/01)

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News article: Leaders from social movements, communities and First Nations from around the world stand in solidarity for Rojava
Keywords Rojava; solidarity; democracy: social movement; resistance

by Fiona Harvey, Damian Carrington, Jonathan Watts & Patrick Greenfield in The Guardian (2019/10/14)

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News article on how to fight against fossil fuel industry and for climate action
Keywords Fossil fuels; Climate emergency; climate crisis; climate action;

by Jonathan Watts in The Guardian (2019/10/29)

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News article on a news study showing that rising sea levels might pose threat to homes of 300 million people
Keywords Rising sea levels; climate emergency; coasts; climate crisis; environmental crisis

by Adam Morton in The Guardian (2019/07/09)

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News article on the melting of Antarctic glaciers
Keywords Glacial melting; Antarctica; Climate Emergency; Climate crisis;

by Tom Perkins in The Guardian (2019/10/29)

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News article: The fight to stop Nestlé from taking America's water to sell in plastic bottles
Keywords CSR; Corporation; water; privatization; environmental crisis

by Fiona Harvey in The Guardian (2019/11/07)

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News article on Global investment in cutting greenhouse gases fell by 11% in 2018
Keywords Climate emergency; investment; climate crisis; greenhouse gas; carbon emissions;

by Jonathan Watts in The Guardian (2019/11/17)

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News article on Amazon and the Climate emergency: A diverse band of river communities, activists and academics are meeting in the heart of the rainforest to fight for the planet’s future
Keywords Extinction; Climate emergency; climate action; climate activism; environmental movement; Amazon

by Damian Carrington in The Guardian (2019/11/25)

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News article: Report shows that Climate-heating greenhouse gases hit new high
Keywords Climate emergency; greenhouse gases; GHG; Climate crisis; environmental crisis

by Damian Carrington in The Guardian (2019/11/05)

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News article: Experts say that most countries climate plans are totally inadequate
Keywords Climate emergency; climate crisis; climate science;

by Damian Carrington in The Guardian (2019/11/29)

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News article: In the wake of the Brexit vote, ultra free market thinktanks have gained exceptional access to the heart of Boris Johnson’s government. By Felicity Lawrence, Rob Evans, David Pegg, Caelainn Barr and Pamela Duncan
Keywords Think tanks; politics; UK; Right-wing politics;

by Damian Carrington in The Guardian (2019/11/27)

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News article: Climate emergency: world 'may have crossed tipping points’. Warning of ‘existential threat to civilisation’ as impacts lead to cascade of unstoppable events
Keywords Climate emergency; tipping points; climate crisis; climate science

by Jonathan Watts in The Guardian (2018/08/07)

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News article: Domino-effect of climate events could move Earth into a ‘hothouse’ state. Leading scientists warn that passing such a point would make efforts to reduce emissions increasingly futile
Keywords Climate emergency; tipping points; climate crisis; climate science

by Fiona Harvey in The Guardian (2019/11/26)

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News article: UN pushes for global reduction of Greenhouse gases
Keywords Climate emergency; climate crisis; UN; GHG; Greenhouse gases; climate policy

by Dan Collyns in The Guardian (2019/11/29)
About News article; food security and the potential of Peruvian potato museum to enable it in the future in regard to climate emergency
Keywords Food crisis; food system; Peru; climate emergency; food security

by Jessica Corbett in The Guardian (2019/11/29)

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News article on the potential of biochar to do carbon capture
Keywords Climate emergency; climate solution; carbon emissions; coal; fossil fuels; climate crisis; climate policy

by Stephen Moss in The Guardian (2019/11/26)

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News article: More than 64m unnecessary emails are sent in Britain every day. Along with clogging up our inboxes they are also damaging the environment
Keywords Climate impact; Climate Emergency; carbon emissions; carbon footprint

by Reuters in The Guardian (2019/12/07)
About News article: Victoria Falls dries to a trickle after worst drought in a century
Keywords Victoria Falls; Drought; climate emergency; extreme weather; climate impact; Africa; Zimbabwe

by Ben Doherty & Helen Davidson in The Guardian (2019/12/08)

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News article: Australian bushfires too big to put out
Keywords Climate emergency; Australia; wildfires; drought; extreme weather; climate crisis;

by Fiona Harvey in The Guardian (2019/12/08)

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News article: Zero-carbon ships on horizon under fuel levy plan. Climate groups say 10-year ICS plan not urgent enough to cut carbon from ‘dirty’ sector
Keywords Shipping; zero carbon; carbon emissions; climate crisis; green house gas emissions

by David Boyle & Shaun Turton in Al Jazeera (2019)

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Article about the plundering of Cambodias forests and social resistance to it
Keywords Cambodia; deforestation; forests; industrial forestry; extractivism; resistance

by Jason Hickel in Al Jazeera (2019/12/06)

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News article on the climate and environmental impact of the Nordic welfare model for states
Keywords Climate emergency; environmental impact; environmental crisis; Nordic welfare state; nordics; carbon footprint; climate impact

by Julia Hollingsworth in CNN (2019/06/05)

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News article on a published report: Climate change could pose 'existential threat' by 2050
Keywords Climate Emergency; Existential Threat; Ecosystem; Crisis; Global Warming

by Matthew Green in Reuters (2019/06/18)

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News article: Permafrost at outposts in the Canadian Arctic is thawing 70 years earlier than predicted, an expedition has discovered, in the latest sign that the global climate crisis is accelerating even faster than scientists had feared.
Keywords Permafrost; Climate Emergency; Research; Canada; Arctic

by The Economist (2019/09/21)

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News article on Global warming 101, the past, present and future of climate change
Keywords Climate emergency; global warming; research;

by Danilo Ignacio de Urzedo in ABC news (2019/08/23)

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News article on five things you need to know about Amazon forest fires
Keywords Amazon; Forest Fires; Deforestation; Climate Emergency

by Claire Knox in ABC news (2019/07/24)

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News article on heatwaves across Europe and US, and wildfires across Arctic
Keywords Arctic; Climate emergency: forest fires; heatwave; extreme heat; environmental crisis

by Harry Cockburn in The Independent (2019/07/24)

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News article: Climate crisis: More fires burning across central Africa than Amazon as global deforestation rates approach record high
Keywords Climate Emergency; Forest Fires; Climate crisis; Amazon; deforestation

by Harry Cockburn in The Independent (2019/08/23)

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News article on tipping points with Amazon forest fires and climate impact
Keywords Amazon; Forest Fires; Deforestation; Climate Emergency

by Phoebe Weston in The Independent (2019/11/05)

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News article: 11,000 scientists from across world unite to declare global climate emergency
Keywords Scientists; Climate emergency; climate crisis; climate action; environmental movement

by Jonathan Amos in BBC (2019/10/30)

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News article: Climate change: Sea level rise to affect 'three times more people'
Keywords Sea level rise; Climate emergency; climate crisis; environmental crisis;

by BBC (2019/11/01)

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News article: Brazil wildfires: Blaze advances across Pantanal wetlands
Keywords Brazil; wildfires; forest fires; Amazon; deforestation; climate emergency

by Nassos Stylianou, Clara Guibourg, Daniel Dunford, Lucy Rodgers, David Brown and Paul Rincon in BBC (2020/01/14)

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News article showing through seven charts the current state of climate emergency and how to act.
Keywords Climate emergency; climate action; climate movement; environmental crisis;

by Matt McGrath in BBC (2019/09/22) About News article on climate emergency and climate action
Keywords Climate Emergency; climate crisis; climate solutions; UN; environmental crisis; climate movement

by BBC (2020)

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Article on how cities are preparing for future in relation to the climate emergency
Keywords Climate adaptation; climate resilience; cities; urban; climate emergency;

by Brian Resnick in Vox (2019/12/12)

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Article: Scientists feared unstoppable emissions from melting permafrost. They may have already started.
Keywords Arctic; permafrost; climate emergency; climate crisis; environmental crisis

by John Vidal in The Guardian (2020/04/08)

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News article: Human impact on wildlife to blame for spread of viruses, says study. Increased contact with animals likely cause of outbreaks such as Covid-19, say experts, as conservationists call for global ban on wildlife markets
Keywords species extinction; wildlife trade; pandemics; covid-19

by Robinson Meyer in The Atlantic (2018/08/30)

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News article: No Ecosystem on Earth Is Safe From Climate Change. If carbon emissions continue to grow, anyone who works with the land could face ‘unprecedented challenges.’
Keywords Ecosystems; Climate Emergency;

by Robinson Meyer in The Atlantic (2019/01/15)

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News article on a research contribution discussing whether the earth is currently going on in the worst case scenario path regarding climate emergency
Keywords Climate Emergency; worst case scenario;

by Saim Saeed in Politico (2019/11/06)

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Article on revolt against flying
Keywords Flying; Climate Emergency; Carbon Emissions;

by Glenn Greenwald & Victor Pougy in The Intercept (2019/06/09)

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Investigative journalism article: Exclusive article on an enormous trove of secret documents reveals that Brazil’s most powerful prosecutors, who have spent years insisting they are apolitical, instead plotted to prevent the Workers’ Party, or PT, from winning the 2018 presidential election by blocking or weakening a pre-election interview with former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva with the explicit purpose of affecting the outcome of the election.
Keywords Brazil; Lula De Silva; Election; Corruption; Democracy;

by Tatiana Dias in The Intercept (2019/09/20)

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News article on how Brazil’s Army Wanted to “Occupy” the Amazon Before. Leaked Audio Reveals Their Plan to Try Again.
Keywords Amazon; climate emergency; forest fires; deforestation;

by Benjamin Neimark, Oliver Belcher & Patrick Bigger in The Conversation (2019/06/24)

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News article on the need to shrink US military due to it's enormous carbon footprint
Keywords Climate Emergency; US Military; carbon footprint; carbon emissions; violence

by Jason Hickel in Foreign Policy (2019/09/06)

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Article on the limits to clean energy
Keywords Clean Energy; Mining; Climate Emergency; Environmental Crisis; Limits; Energy;

by Jade Delilse in Briarpatch Magazine (2020/07/02)

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Article on decolonizing ecology in times of concurrent global crises
Keywords Decoloniality; ecology; ecosystems; climate emergency; environmental crisis;