Space has become the final frontier for tourism. But is it responsible during a climate crisis for the super-rich to play billionauts and boldly go where no billionaire has gone before in search of a Planet B?
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The EU and other elections this year reveal that the political climate is shifting against climate actions. Activists and concerned voters must keep green policies on the political agenda.
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Months after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit Turkey and Syria, untold thousands of traumatised survivors are living in tents or containers with no prospect of employment or a swift return to their homes or alternative housing. Boštjan Videmšek spoke to some of them.
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the major power tension it has created, has sparked fears of a wider conflict. While World War III is unlikely, World Annihilation War I only requires a misstep or miscalculation by one nuclear-armed man or another. That’s why we urgently need nuclear disarmament and world peace.
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The corporate ecosystem is rooted in profit maximisation and the unrelenting quest for perpetual growth, which provides a powerful incentive for greenwashing. This is not good news for our natural ecosystems.
Read MoreFrom countries and corporations to fossil fuel producers and steakhouses, almost everyone is pledging to reach net-zero emissions. But meeting these promises would require a Planet B to offset Planet A. We need other solutions.
Read MoreThe environmental movement has scored remarkable recent successes, but the situation for the climate and nature remains fragile and vulnerable. Overcoming the damaging inertia of business as usual requires the thin green line of activists to be reinforced by the swelling ranks of concerned citizens.
Read MoreOur efforts to harness the sun’s energy to power our future may require up to 5% of the territories of some countries, a new simulation finds. This could have significant direct and indirect environmental side effects, including habitat loss and deforestation. But there are ways to avoid this.
Read MoreBy Khaled Diab Spanning some three millennia of recorded history, Ancient Egyptians built a state to last. What was behind
Read MoreRather than humans becoming enslaved by robots, machines have become the new slave or serf class, with devastating consequences for society and the environment. We desperately need a more humane and sustainable approach to automation.
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