A billion meals a year are wasted in this country. We need food businesses and government to make redistribution the default route, says Charlotte Hill, chief executive of the food redistribution orga...

The problem is not famous people speaking out, as they always have. It is the feeling that leaders have failed, obliging celebrities to fill the vacuum, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

National Audit Office urges government to act as climate crisis, disease and cyberattacks pose growing risks

The long read: Scientists are battling over whether supposedly simple organisms should be considered ‘intelligent’. The outcome could reshape our understanding of the natural world – and our own place...

Prof Tim Lang says country produces far less food than it needs to feed population and is particularly vulnerable

Take action We're in a climate crisis, with out-of-control wildfires in the UK, France and Spain and an ongoing battle to clean up the air in our cities. So why is Andy Burnham's government backing pl...

Dutch bank Triodos argues that by prioritising “competitiveness” over tougher carbon pricing amid this summer's heat crisis, the EU is leaving its economy more exposed to future climate shocks.

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Prof Tim Lang says country produces far less food than it needs to feed population and is particularly vulnerable

Putting humans and LLMs head-to-head in classic tests of judgment from human psychology underscores the differences between them

The Russian connected convicted sex trafficker co-owned a fund with Peter Thiel, now embedded in Britain’s most critical infrastructure with the help of Peter Mandelson

Ecosystem destruction will increase food shortages, disorder and mass migration, with effects already being felt

Richest 1% took 10 days while wealthiest 0.1% needed just three days to exhaust annual carbon budget, study shows

The world is racing to develop ever more sophisticated large language models while a small language model unfurls itself in my home.

From the archives: a look at how "improving clothing insulation is obviously the cheapest, easiest and fastest way” to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions.

From floods to extreme temperatures, climate impacts risk damaging homes, health, businesses, services, and the economy. We want Government to prioritise adaptation; fund a new Resilience Plan that wo...

It's funny to have to make this case but tbqh we don't make it enough: human efforts to counter fossil fuel use have had *at least some* effect on total greenhouse gas emissions since the signing of t...

From floods to extreme temperatures, climate impacts risk damaging homes, health, businesses, services, and the economy. We want Government to prioritise adaptation; fund a new Resilience Plan that…

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British politics is awash with money from super rich donors. In 2023, two-thirds of all private donations came from just 19 people. These so-called ‘mega donors’ enjoy privileged access to political p...

"Ask not what we can do for our health. Ask only what our healthcare can do for growth." In this searing critique, Tim Jackson exposes how the UK ...