Orhan Pamuk on climate loss: A revolting white sheen appeared on the Marmara Sea, dubbed sea snot
In June, the beaches of Istanbul were shut down, like the sea snails and shrimp that had disappeared long before.
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Ahdaf Soueif on climate loss: In Egypt, we watch as concrete is sunk into the Nile
I have lost the ability to talk to my grandchildren happily and hopefully about the world.
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Tessa Hadley on climate loss: At bedtime, I realise there aren’t as many insects in the night-time invasion
In autumn now, brushing through bleached long grass, isn’t the raised cloud of dust-coloured living things sadly diminished?
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Richard Flanagan on climate loss: Tasmanian tigers are lost to us now – and the rainforests they roamed could go the same way
Just enough remains in Tasmania to remind me that we live in the great autumn of things.
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Ai Weiwei on climate loss: Leaving Beijing was not just a political choice – I was a climate refugee
In the 1970s Beijing was like other cities in China. There were no private cars, and bicycles formed a matrix…
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Leader: The world is all we have
No country can escape the consequences of an overheating planet; if temperatures rise by 2°C-2.6°C, global GDP could fall by…
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The battle over burning: why Drax is being accused of “greenwashing”
The UK power station Drax has been lauded for ditching coal in favour of biomass, but lawyers are questioning its…
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Xie Zhenhua: can China’s climate envoy make a difference at Cop26?
The highly regarded veteran of China’s climate team embodies an important and rare openness to the world.
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