Oil companies hid knowledge of global heating for decades, but the captains of petroleum also schemed to turn the ecological crisis into a profit centre.
Plastic has pushed our planet to the brink of one of the worst environmental crises in modern history. It’s a topic shrouded in confusion and misleading information.
From 1974 to 1982, I served as photographer on Greenpeace campaigns. This is the third collection of memories inspired by photographs of early ecology actions.
Global agricultural output has increased significantly with the prospect of feeding the world, yet the number of people that are going hungry or lack adequate supply of nutritious food is increasing. So where is the problem and how can we fix it?
Be it the climate emergency, the pandemic, the war in Ukraine or any of the multiple other intersectional challenges the world is facing today, we are, inexplicably, in a crisis of imagination.
While US$80 million needed to rescue the Safer sounds like a lot of money, it is a drop in the ocean compared to the subsidies that governments give to oil corporations.
The Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines (CHR) issued the final report of its multi-year investigation into 47 investor-owned corporations for human rights harms that result from their actions triggering climate change.
"Celebrities have the power to draw people’s attention. It is my hope that the photos will make the public look deeper into the environmental message, provoke them to know more about the issues and consequently, to take action."
After years and years warning humanity about the need to take urgent climate action, scientists are now pointing the finger to ads and sponsorships as one of the main climate action blockers
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is accelerating a global food crisis. In the Middle East and North Africa where I live, a region that includes already-fragile countries like Syria, Lebanon and Yemen, many households are struggling against soaring food prices.
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