List of Environment articles
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Caked mud is seen in the foreground past the Luoxing Dun in China. A World of Fire and Floods Demands New Architecture
New designs can help mitigate climate change.
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Two people on a makeshift raft during flooding in Pakistan Extreme Weather Is Brutalizing Asia
Floods, droughts, tropical storms, and heat waves are severely testing the resilience of a region with a lot of vulnerable people.
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U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi poses with lawmakers after signing the Inflation Reduction Act at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Aug. 12. Biden’s Historic Climate Bill Needs Smart Foreign Policy
The White House’s crowning domestic policy achievement can’t reach its full potential without engaging the world.
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An aerial view of a strip of land in Funafuti, Tuvalu in Nov. 2019. The low-lying South Pacific island nation has been classified as ‘extremely vulnerable’ to climate change by the United Nations Development Programme. Climate Finance and Geostrategic Interests in the Pacific
Foreign investment in climate adaptation in the Pacific Islands will be key to sustainable development and security in Asia.
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Vacationers sit on a beach in Greece. The Mediterranean as We Know It Is Vanishing
From Saint-Tropez to Amalfi, the region’s most attractive tourist destinations are also its most vulnerable.
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Firefighters try to extinguish a wildfire in Spain. Carbon Pricing Isn’t Enough to Mitigate Climate Change
The deadly heat wave in Europe this month should provide an impetus for more aggressive state action on emissions.
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Smoke rises from the grounds of the Azovstal steel plant amid the ongoing Russian military action in Mariupol, Ukraine, on April 29. Destroying the Environment Is a War Crime, Too
Beneath the human catastrophe Russia has inflicted on Ukraine is an array of environmental disasters that will impact generations to come.
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The Rhine runs low during a heat wave in Cologne, Germany, on July 18. Germany’s Economy Is Carried on the Rhine’s Shrinking Back
Rivers are critical to transportation—and drying up as the climate shifts.
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A group of illegal gold panners look for gold in the Kibi area of southern Ghana Ghana’s ‘Success’ Exposes the West’s Toxic Development Model
Standard theories of global progress continue to be largely limited to raw extraction.
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People hold up signs saying "#Build Back Better" and "JOE MANCHIN IS BURNING OUR FUTURE FOR PROFIT" By Not Acting on Climate, Congress Endangers U.S. National Security
Another failed bill further weakens the country’s global position.
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Egyptian workers fill sacks with wheat during harvest in Saqiyat al-Manqadi, Egypt, on May 1, 2019. How to Feed the Planet
It is possible to protect nature and provide nutrition for all. Here’s what the U.S. needs to do to make it happen.
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Motorcycles queue for fuel at a gas station during a fuel shortage in Nairobi, Kenya on April 4. Europe to Africa: Gas for Me but Not for Thee
Europe is ramping up its use of the dirtiest fuels—but keeps pressing Africa to stick to draconian green goals.
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A Chinese dredger pumps sand in Sri Lanka. China Is Stealing Taiwan’s Sand
A surprisingly precious resource is another front in gray-zone warfare.
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A ranger fires his assault rifle in Congo. Western Nonprofits Are Trampling Over Africans’ Rights and Land
Indigenous people are being forced out from so-called protected areas.
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Members of the Indigenous Sámi community march during a Fridays for Future protest in Jokkmokk, northern Sweden, on Feb. 7, 2020, the Sámi National Day. The Ukraine War Is Dividing Europe’s Arctic Indigenous People
It has driven a wedge between Sámi in Russia and those in Nordic countries.
