Find the PDF version here. Special issue editors: Martin Cerny, Sophie Gleitsmann, Lilian Pungas, Arman Spéth What about the Second World? (Post-)Development lessons from the Global East The hitherto hegemonic Western model of capitalist development is undergoing profound turbulence. It has been challenged both from the outside (most prominently from China and Russia) and from...

Analysis has found more than 3,000 mining operations within the most naturally precious areas of the planet – a much bigger footprint than previously thought

Where, when, what, and how much is mined. Research by Victor Maus.

Recent plans submitted to UN by more than 60 countries would cut carbon by only 10%, a sixth of what is needed

Schaden für die Umwelt, aber kein sicheres Einkommen für Kommunen

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva should veto a bill that would remove many environmental licensing requirements and weaken Brazil’s ability to prevent environmental harms.

In early April, 35-year-old Indigenous health worker Angelita Prororita Yanomami went missing near Boa Vista, the capital city of the northernmost Brazilian state of Roraima. Two months later, her rem...

91% of Brazil’s garimpo activity is in the Amazon, where almost 40% of them are five years old or younger. This paper finds in 2022, 77% of the detected garimpos showed explicit signs of illegality.

The impacts of proposed legislation to allow mining within Indigenous Lands in the Brazilian Amazon could affect a large extent of forests—up to 20% more than the potentially affected area under curre...

Mining is often seen as having opposing local economic and environmental effects. This study models these dynamics across Brazilian municipalities and shows that outcomes vary over time and by type of...

Sozialökonom Andreas Novy schrieb an Österreichs Sachstandsbericht zum Klimawandel mit und arbeitete heraus, wie die Politik Mehrheiten fürs Klima finden kann

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 12 June 2025; doi:10.1038/s43017-025-00683-wGlobal metal ore extraction has increased almost fourfold since 1970. This Review explores the drivers, patterns and environmental consequences of the growth of metal ore extraction and discusses interventions to reduce negative impacts across metal supply chains.

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment - Global metal ore extraction has increased almost fourfold since 1970. This Review explores the drivers, patterns and environmental consequences of the...

Den Umweltschutz einzuschränken ist eine Retro-Politik, die wir uns nicht leisten können

YouTube video by Gertrude Saxinger