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Climate activist says Covid-19 outbreak shows change can happen when we listen to scientists Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Greta Thunberg has urged people around the world to take a new path after the coronavirus pandemic, which she said proved “our society is not sustainable”. The Swedish climate activist said the

Commission for the Human Future, led by John Hewson, says coronavirus crisis is right time for world to look at catastrophic risks Sign up for Guardian Australia’s daily coronavirus email Download the free Guardian app to get the most important news notifications Governments should use the urgency of the Covid-19 pandemic to address 10 potentially

Social-ecological and biocultural systems connect people to their environment at the intersection of nature and culture. The harvest of local wildlife for human consumption is critically important to the food security of the world’s Indigenous peoples and to the conservation of biodiversity, either as a driver of biodiversity loss or of biodiversity protection, depending on

Times of upheaval are always times of radical change. Some believe the pandemic is a once-in-a-generation chance to remake society and build a better future. Others fear it may only make existing injustices worse. By Peter C Baker • Read the text version here Continue reading…

Disaster resilience assessments are critical to both urban and rural development, especially in disaster-prone regions. The Three Gorges Reservoir Area is a typical disaster-prone area, but there is a lack of research on disaster resilience in this area. We proposed a set of indicators and methodologies as a development of a comprehensive disaster resilience evaluation

As the 50th anniversary of Earth Day approaches, we’re partnering with newsrooms around the world to report on solutions to the climate crisis – and drive hope Even as the coronavirus pandemic terrorizes the world, there’s another global emergency the media can’t afford to stop covering. Fifty years ago this week, the environmental movement staged

While emissions reduction is the only long-term solution, scientists are testing ways to keep the reef going in a warming world Can the world’s greatest coral reef system be rescued from the rapid march of the climate crisis? With global temperatures already about 1C higher than pre-industrial levels, Queensland’s Great Barrier Reef has been through