List of Environment articles
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A farmer in drives a tractor pulling a planter with sugar beet seeds in Humnyska, Ukraine on March 26. How Climate Change and War Are Compounding Food Insecurity
Disruption to Black Sea routes and climate change-related crop failures pose major risks to food security in Ukraine and around the world.
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Solar technicians from Alianza Ceibo/Amazon Frontlines help members Ecuador’s Distant Dream of a Green Recovery
The debt-saddled country is struggling to meet its climate goals under IMF austerity.
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Several gas station signs displaying current prices are shown along a street. The Ukraine Crisis Offers a Rare Chance for Energy and Climate Cooperation
Russia’s war in Ukraine has exposed some difficult truths about the world’s energy needs.
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Senegalese President Macky Sall shakes hands with Kristalina Georgieva, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, at a conference in Diamniadio, Senegal, on Dec. 2, 2019. The World Bank and IMF Are Getting It Wrong on Climate Change
Rich donor countries are working to deprioritize poverty reduction and economic development in the global south.
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A Russian service member stands guard by a military truck on the island of Alexandra Land, which is part of the Franz Josef Land archipelago in Russia, on May 17, 2021. After Ukraine, Can the Arctic Peace Hold?
A Western boycott of the Arctic Council could backfire.
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Rangers stop a fishing boat for questioning at a bird sanctuary and protected area by Prek Toal floating village in Battambang province, Cambodia on October 14, 2020. China Is Choking Off Asia’s Most Important River
Upstream dams are destroying the Mekong Basin.
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Gerry Rutterman and his daughter Kensey walk through floodwaters to return to their family home in Sydney on March 9. The ‘Rain Bomb’ That Could Shape the Australian Election
Devastating floods have yet again revealed the country is at the sharp end of climate change.
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A climate change protester in New York The Way We Talk About Climate Change Is Wrong
The language of “sacrifice” reveals we’re stuck in a colonial mindset.
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The U.N. General Assembly Hall The U.N. Treaty That Could Be the Oceans’ Last Great Hope
With a big push from a coalition of nearly 50 countries, can the landmark agreement pass?
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Waste pickers scavenge for items at the Dandora garbage dump. The Time for a Global Plastics Treaty Is Now
The Montreal Protocol phased out ozone-depleting chemicals. The international community should take a similar step against polluting plastics.
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A Kenyan pastoralist looks at sheep and goats that died from changing climate. ‘Brink of Catastrophe’: Drought Worsens Humanitarian Crisis in East Africa
Experts warn of the driest conditions in over four decades, fueled in part by climate change.
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Environmental activists rally for accountability for fossil fuel companies outside of the New York Supreme Court in New York City on Oct. 22, 2019. How PR Firms Captured the Sustainability Agenda
More than just “spin artists,” consultancies have promoted economic growth and environmental protection as mutually reinforcing.
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An aerial view of cleaning crews in white suits working on a shore to remove oil from a beach. How Peru Laid the Groundwork for an Oil Spill Disaster
The nation’s unsustainable development model has ignored serious environmental risks.
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A worker inspects an open cast at the Arcadia lithium mine in Zimbabwe. Shifting Mining From the Global South Misses the Point of Climate Justice
Onshoring critical minerals mining doesn’t address the root causes of predatory extraction.
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Chinese dredging vessels at work at the Colombo Port City under construction in Colombo, Sri Lanka on May 14, 2018. Xinhua/CHEC via Getty Images The Great Sand Grab
Modern civilizations are forged with sand, but soaring extraction has come at an alarming price.
