Climate & Environments

Postcard from a ghost village

Five years since a volcanic eruption erased the town of Todoque, is there a chance to build a different future?

The terror that came from the sky

The deadly, destructive flood in Nepal must prompt the country to look inwards at its own model of development, argues a Nepali writer

Downstream from prosperity

An Indonesian reporter speaks to flood victims who blame a nearby nickel project for destroying their homes and farms

What the glacier won’t remember

Elhum Shakerifar reviews a savagely lyrical new documentary on the disappearance of Iceland's icescapes, based on the book by Andri Snær Magnason

Beyond the steppe

Photographs from Algeria’s unfolding eco-crisis

How Uruguayan eucalyptus feeds a Finnish forestry giant

A piece from Voima examines Finland’s move from productive industry at home to extractive industry abroad

Sudan’s ecosystems at risk

An investigation reveals how one of Sudan’s richest wildlife sanctuaries has been stripped of its wildlife and protections

Journalism in a melting world

An ecofeminist journalist argues for a radical redistribution of resources in our petro-dependent world – and the enabling role of journalism

On fire in Patagonia

Decoding Argentinian media’s coverage of wildfires. Welcome to the third online instalment of Read Between the Lines, where we commission a journalist or commentator to interpret a recent article from beyond

Trouble in the Albanian Alps

How a scheme to boost economic development in Albania’s mountainous north could end up enriching a few, harming the environment and angering its neighbours

The city that forgot it was built on water  

Dhaka was once defined by its waterways – restoring them, experts argue, could finally free the city from its gridlock

The last glass eels

A slippery tale of human greed, climate change and the mysteries of the deep

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