We have breached 7 out of 9 Planetary Boundaries.The Planetary Health Check 2026 makes it clear: We have to act now.

As West Asia stumbles towards a ‘small nuclear war’, it is time to evaluate the consequences for the entirety of humanity and the Planet.

This year’s World Water Day focuses on how water access affects women and girls and why it matters for equality in 2026.

Analysis shows average levels are 30cm higher than thought, and up to 150cm in south-east Asia and Indo-Pacific

Files reveal a world of flattery and fratboy tones, where rich men are cultivated and women provide services

Since the Enlightenment, we’ve been making our own decisions. But now AI may be about to change that, says Joseph de Weck, a fellow with the Foreign Policy Research Institute

Exclusive: group behind notorious Florida immigration detention center created bid for reconstruction deal

The US author and orator on leaf blowers and Labubus, the weirdest thing she has done for love and struggling with contemporary novels

Countries from Africa, Asia, Latin America, Pacific and Europe plead for transition to be central outcome of talks

Champions of exceptionalism say humans hold a unique moral status. Yet there’s only one species recklessly destroying the planet it needs to survive

Countries including Mauritius and Cuba reiterate life-or-death nature of cutting emissions, calling it ‘a moral duty’

Grokipedia’s entries hew closely to conservative talking points, with some journalists already saying it contains inaccurate information

A young journalist reflects on the UN leader’s responses, and hopes his messages – about human violence and an increasingly hostile planet – resonated before Cop30

Climate crisis drives near-total collapse of staghorn and elkhorn corals that formed backbone to state’s reefs

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Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

Plant in Beckton has run only five times and has been beset by multiple problems since it was built

Consider the annihilation of agricultural land alongside the genocide – and grasp the chilling totality of this attempt to eliminate all life, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The collapse of modern human civilisation is inevitable.

The latest report on global climate change highlights the impact of higher global temperatures on the water cycle, with atmospheric water vapour levels reaching record levels during 2024.

In his new book, The Anthropocene Illusion, photographer Zed Nelson reflects on the surreal environments created as people destroy nature, yet crave connection to it

Overshoot occurs when humanity's demand on nature exceeds Earth's biocapacity. In 2025, Earth Overshoot Day falls on July 24th.

Research shows people’s response to binary data could drive more effective ways of communicating gravity of crisis

Countries are now bound under international law to reduce emissions or pay damages to affected nations – a clear statement that the status quo is not sufficient

Technology happens because people make it happen. We can choose otherwise

1.2tn yuan project has broken ground in Tibet, premier says, despite fears of downstream nations India and Bangladesh

As the nations bicker, squabble and fight among themselves, their ultimate disintegration becomes more certain and more imminent with each passing day.

Economic assumptions about risks of the climate crisis are no longer relevant, says the communications expert Genevieve Guenther

Researchers say urgent conservation efforts will be needed to mitigate the ‘shocking statistic’ that threatens to unravel ecosystems

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Ocean acidification has already crossed a crucial threshold for planetary health, scientists say in unexpected finding

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Experts found 60% of the EU’s agricultural soils had been degraded, with about 40% similarly damaged in the UK