Climate change
In defence of cows
‘They’re going to have to stop cows,’ said my mother, looking doubtfully down at her plate as we tucked into…
Who fact checks the fact-checkers?
Last week, a retired physics professor called Nick Cowern said it was time to get tough with ‘climate denialists’. ‘In…
Keep calm and carry on having kids: the UN’s climate chief on eco-anxiety
he new head of the IPCC on the need to move beyond eco alarmism
The world is ablaze – yet climate chaos still takes us by surprise
Our unpreparedness was vividly illustrated by the catastrophic Canadian inferno of 2016 – originally judged a minor brushfire beyond Fort McMurray’s city limits
Our future life on Earth depends on the state of the ocean
As the world’s thermometer, the ocean keeps everything in balance, but carbon emissions and our use of it as a dumping ground is threatening its life, says Helen Czerski
In defence of SUVs
The arrogance of the ‘Tyre Extinguishers’
The inconvenient truth about France’s forest fires
Montpellier Last month the Prime Minister of France, Elisabeth Borne, visited the south-west of the country to offer her support…
Everything’s burned to a crisp – and the horses are suffering
Everything is well and truly burned to a crisp, and we are piling through hundreds of pounds of hay a…
There are almost no animals left – but we’ve been here before
Laikipia You know things are bad when the zebras are thin. Even during most droughts, zebras are like matrons at…
What the new GCSE in global warming should teach
The new GCSE in global warming
We must all become Doctor Dolittles and listen to the wisdom of animals
One day the writer and artist James Bridle rented a hatchback, taped a smartphone to the steering wheel and installed…
It's time to clamp down on militant protesters
The right to protest against the policies of the government of the day, the system in general or even just…
Our children are at breaking point – and it’s our fault
I think it’s time we stopped scaring the children. I think they’ve had enough. They’re at breaking point now, every…
Is global warming really more dangerous than Putin’s nuclear threats?
Having just dusted down my Geiger counter and argued with the family about whether or not there is room for…
Storm Eunice has nothing to do with climate change
I sat tight and braced myself for the worst this morning — not high winds but for the Today programme…
After Covid, Kenya’s flower industry is gearing up for its next challenge
Kenya’s flower growers have a busy time ahead
The unexpected brilliance of Don’t Look Up
I wasn’t looking forward to seeing Don’t Look Up, the new satirical film on Netflix. It’s about a couple of…
The march of the larch: the Treeline is now encroaching on the arctic tundra
Covering 20 per cent of the Earth’s surface, the boreal forest is the largest living system, or ‘biome’, on land.…
Our new era of Jewish-Muslim relations
Reactions to the recent passing of F.W. de Klerk transported me back to my childhood in South Africa. The horror…
Guilt-free hilarity: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike at Charing Cross Theatre reviewed
World-class sex bomb Janie Dee stars in a fabulously silly revival of the American comedy Vanya and Sonia and Masha…
Insulate Britain are not martyrs
Throughout the Insulate Britain protests there was a suspicion that the group was deliberately trying to get its members behind…
Why COP26 flopped
King coal is dead, long live king coal! That might be a fitting epitaph for COP26, which mercifully ended last…
The cynical brilliance of Boris Johnson's green conversion
Does Boris Johnson really believe, as he told COP26 a few days ago, we’re at ‘one minute to midnight’ on…
Is climate change scepticism growing in Japan?
Fumio Kishida, the newly-installed Japanese prime minister, could have been forgiven for giving COP26 a miss. The opening ceremony in…