The cultural dimensions of environmental change.
The warmest October on record 2026 is now a measured fact, not a forecast. October averaged 15.35°C globally, 0.90°C above the 1991–2020 average and 1.75°C above the estimated 1850–1900 pre-industrial level, according to ERA5 data published by the Copernicus Climate Change Service on 6 November 2026 (Copernicus). Information verified through 8 November 2026. It was […]
In 2021 the Philippines became the first — and only — country to let farmers plant Golden Rice. The Malusog pilot covered 202 hectares before a court stopped it. Part 3 of our investigation: the rollout, the results, and the farmer-scientist movement that opposed it.
The COP31 35 by 35 electrification pledge — electricity to 35% of energy use by 2035, up from 23% — is the flagship test of the implementation COP in Antalya, where clean energy is winning the technology race and losing the money race.
The claim that Golden Rice locks farmers into buying seed from a billionaire-backed company is repeated everywhere. The published licence says farmers may save and replant their seed, with no trait fee. Part 2 of our investigation reads the document itself.
Golden Rice was engineered to fight vitamin A deficiency. Twenty-five years on, its beta-carotene content is still disputed, its only children’s trial was retracted, and its core promise has never been measured. Part 1 of our investigation: the science.
COP31 climate finance expectations head to Antalya on 9 November with no landmark deal promised: the tests are the $300 billion finance pledge, the 35 by 35 electrification goal, tripling adaptation finance by 2035, and whether pledges turn into projects.
The Brazil COP30 fossil fuel roadmap, published 3 November 2026 with a companion deforestation roadmap, offers countries a staged, voluntary path away from coal, oil and gas — national plans by 2028, replacement in 2031–2033 — but carries no mandate, deadlines or benchmarks, critics warn.
The greenhouse gas concentrations record high 2025 reading is official: WMO Bulletin No. 22 puts carbon dioxide at 426.8 ppm, with methane and nitrous oxide also at records ahead of COP31.
Cryosphere overshoot irreversible ice loss explained: two new UN-backed reports warn that even temporary warming past 1.5°C leaves permanent damage to glaciers, ice sheets and permafrost.
A Himalayan climate agenda at COP31 is Nepal and Bhutan's joint ask in Antalya: scientific studies, an annual mountain dialogue, an action plan for Himalayan ecosystems, and mountain priorities in adaptation and loss-and-damage finance.
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