Geographical
Official magazine of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)
In 2015, photographer Quintin Lake set out to walk the entire mainland coast of Britain – an 11,000-kilometre odyssey that would take five years. His new book, The Perimeter, captures the raw beauty and quiet drama of the ever-shifting edge where land meets sea In April 2015, photographer Quintin Lake embarked on a five-year journey to walk the entire coast of mainland … [Read more...] about Quintin Lake: on foot around Britain’s coast
Antonio Graceffo explores whether the world’s second-largest economy can maintain its momentum in the face of major structural crises Bilateral trade between the USA and China has plummeted in the wake of President Trump’s new 145 per cent tariffs on Chinese imports. Manufacturing activity in China has fallen to its lowest level since December 2023, and new export orders … [Read more...] about China: Debt, demographics and a manufacturing slowdown
Marco Magrini fears the consequences of much of the corporate world turning its back on carbon reduction commitments It is quite worrying, the future of the world. We need to appeal to the people and educate them to sort of revolt against this and to fight the propaganda of the fossil fuel industry, which is unrelenting and enormous.’ Thus spoke, in 2016, the CEO of a … [Read more...] about Greenwashing gives way to green-fading
Across sub-Saharan Africa, cities are embracing nature-based solutions to climate change. A World Bank report reveals the keys to their success In the night of 14 March, 2019, Cyclone Idai made landfall in Beira, the capital of Mozambique. Winds of up to 230 kilometres per hour tore through buildings and flattened neighbourhoods, and storm surges more than four metres … [Read more...] about Africa battles the storm with green defences
Marco Magrini ponders the impact on tackling the climate crisis if Trump regains the presidency Political elections shape the destiny of a country, sometimes of an entire region. But none can influence the fate of the entire world more than the US presidential election. The raison d’être of this column is that there is a climate crisis underway. It’s a crisis because it … [Read more...] about What happens to the climate crisis if Trump wins in November?
Published in the UK since 1935, Geographical is the official magazine of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG).
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