Environment

The debate over how to best marshal the country's alternative energy sources may affect a new independence referendum.

Park staff struggle to protect the animals—and themselves—against poachers and militias.

The country’s government is rolling back wildlife protections and endangering media freedom and the rule of law.

International threats to forcibly protect the Amazon betray ignorance about the subtle art of diplomacy.

Her global protest movement has impressed the world with its idealism—but more important are the ways it can steer practical politics.

If the world isn’t careful, renewable energy could become as destructive as fossil fuels.

Do the Amazon fires point the way for future international efforts to combat climate change?

Like the Amazon rainforest, the planet’s whales play crucial roles as carbon captors. That’s just one reason to save them.

Here’s why now can be different from the 1980s.

Under Pekka Haavisto, Helsinki tries to chart a path to a fossil fuel-free future.

The Arctic island offers a harrowing reminder of the environmental damage, and political dangers, already imposed by climate change.

Who lit the match, and who can put out the blaze?

It’s not just that climate change is ravaging the world’s agriculture. Agriculture is also ravaging the climate.

Working with Brazil’s agricultural businesses could be the key to a healthier Amazon.

Whistleblowers and experts allege corruption at a United Nations Development Program project for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in Russia, according to a Foreign Policy investigation.

The Paris Peace Conference set the stage for our oil-soaked global society.

It's only a matter of time until major powers try to stop climate change by any means necessary.