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Enviroment and climate change

In desperate search of disposal sites for its nuclear waste, Japan offers poisonous grants to two small villages

12th November 2020 Equal Times 0

One morning in September, 87-year-old retiree Masao Takimoto was reading the newspaper in his house in Kamoenai when a news story captured his attention, ruined […]

Trade unions and civil society are pushing for ambitious climate action in Scotland

5th November 2020 Equal Times 0

As Glasgow prepares to host COP26, the UN climate summit in November 2021, Scotland will take centre stage in the global power struggle surrounding if […]

How the little-known Energy Charter Treaty is holding environmental policy hostage

7th September 2020 Equal Times 0

Is it possible to take urgently needed action on climate change while simultaneously protecting the fossil fuel industry, the very cause of climate imbalance? Today, […]

Is the EU locking into natural gas despite its promise to lead the global phase-out of fossil fuels?

10th March 2020 Equal Times 0

At the north-western tip of Krk, Croatia’s largest island and a top tourist destination, a jetty is being built and pipes are being laid down […]

Can the European Union lead the world’s ecological transition?

29th January 2020 Equal Times 0

The European Union is in a green state of mind. Last December, the new president of the European Commission placed the fight against climate change […]

As well as climate action, young people across the world are calling for climate education

27th January 2020 Equal Times 0

Despite the staggering inability of world leaders to come up with any meaningful response to the global climate emergency at the COP25 in Madrid (relocated […]

Feminist agroecology is taking on the agribusiness model in Argentina

17th January 2020 Equal Times 0

Argentina, where around 60 per cent of the arable land is planted with genetically-modified soya, has become one of the countries where the agribusiness model […]

Can humanity rise to the challenge of finding just solutions to the threat of coastal erosion?

5th December 2019 Equal Times 0

How long will the fight last? Water is eroding land all over the world, threatening people’s lives and livelihoods, especially those living along the coastline. […]

African countries and the state of their environments: the best and the worst

2nd July 2019 Corey J.A Bradshaw Enrico Di Minin 0

Social and economic changes in Africa are being driven by increasing prosperity and heavy foreign investment. Money has been poured into activities such as road building, forestry […]

Malawi is testing a new malaria vaccine. But it’s still early days

30th April 2019 Faith Osier 0

Malaria is a leading cause of death and illness around the world. Over 200 million cases are reported every year, and more than 400 000 people die. More […]

Sowing the seeds of peace in South Sudan

17th April 2019 Equal Times 0

Almost a month to go ahead of the traditional rainy season in Gbudue State, 430 kilometres west of South Sudan’s capital city of Juba, smallholder […]

In Brazil, thousands of people are still living under the threat of bursting mining dams

27th March 2019 Equal Times 0

Barely 500 metres separates the first houses in the Rio do Peixe neighbourhood of Itabira and the fifth largest mining dam in the Brazilian state […]

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