This is Australia’s most important report on the environment’s deteriorating health
Three chief authors of the State of the Environment Report provide its key findings. While it’s a sobering read, there are a few bright spots.
The kids won’t be OK
Today’s children will be forced to endure the climate change consequences created during their parents’ lifetimes.
It’s a material world but how much can we take? New tool reveals hidden carbon hotspots
Imagine having the whole world’s physical consumption at your fingertips.
The future of sand
This week: the world is running out of sand. The most-exploited resource after water should be recognised as a strategic material and regulated like a mineral commodity
COVID-19 driving deforestation in Asia and South America
Deforestation is having a significant impact on global biodiversity.
Are temperatures rising in a nonlinear way?
Recent catastrophes could indicate the climate system has crossed a dangerous threshold.
Weathering the perfect storm of container shipping on The Future, This Week
This week: COVID, climate and containers: how the world weathers the global logistics crisis.
Cities are on the frontline of climate change – prepare or perish
More than 800 million people could be affected by coastal flooding, how are cities adapting?
More than nudges are needed to save the world from climate change
What is needed to avert climate change? Professor Richard H. Thaler says nudges aren't the only solution.
#BreakUpBigChicken on The Future, This Week
This week: we’re back and what does #BreakUpBigTech have to do with your chicken?
Human progress is no excuse to destroy nature. A push to make ‘ecocide’ a global crime must recognise this fundamental truth
The push for a new environmental crime has attracted high-profile backers including Emmanuel Macron, Pope Francis and Greta Thunberg. But we must get the details right.
A tale of two megacities
Cities with affluent residents – and corresponding high consumption lifestyles, account for the largest carbon footprints.