Opinion


A map showing heatwaves across europe and north africa in summer 2023

2023 Europe heatwave showed off the charts climate anomalies

ByMarco MagriniSep 7, 2023

Marco Magrini warns that we shouldn’t assume that dramatic change can’t suddenly happen Off the charts’ is the appropriate phrase.…

Saudi Arabia’s football power grab

Saudi Arabia’s football power grab

ByTim MarshallAug 24, 2023

Tim Marshall provides commentary on why Saudi Arabia is playing hardball with the soft power of sport Sports news now,…

Airplanes and contrails in a blue sky

Can there be ethical travel in a plane-hopping age?

It’s time to rethink exploration for a restless, carbon-saturated age in which everyone wants a bit of adventure, says Alasdair…

Military officers on duty before the crackdown on protests in Taunggyi, Myanmar

China and the USA bid to win over the Myanmar junta

ByTim MarshallJul 20, 2023

Tim Marshall on why China is likely to come out on top in this geopolitical rivalry You’re the military dictator…

Large ships are powered by polluting ‘bunker’ fuel

Should we use geoengineering to tinker with the planet?

ByMarco MagriniJul 11, 2023

Marco Magrini considers whether climate problems can be fixed by geoengineering Some experts believe that, someday, we’ll have to resort…

Digital jigsaw design

The changing world of geography

Alastair Bonnett considers three big changes that are going to have major impacts on how we understand the world What…

President Erdogan

Geopolitics: A letter to President Erdoğan

ByTim MarshallJun 19, 2023

Tim Marshall addresses the Turkish leader Tayyip Erdoğan and his upcoming third term in office Dear El Presidente, Yes, I…

A view of planet earth from space

The future of geography and rise of astropolitics

ByTim MarshallMay 30, 2023

Tim Marshall on his new book, The Future of Geography and why space and geo-politics are connected Geography and outer…

Extrapolations, with Eiza González and Edward Norton, looks to the future

Climatewatch: Dystopian fact not dystopian fiction

ByMarco MagriniMay 24, 2023

Marco Magrini wonders why we have an insatiable appetite for dystopian fiction, but seem willing to ignore the reality of…

The warnings on climate change are clear

The warnings on climate change are clear

ByMarco MagriniApr 24, 2023

Marco Magrini is mystified as to why the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is being ignored Continued greenhouse gas emissions…

False headlines, lofty promises and still water at UN Water Conference 2023

False headlines, lofty promises and still water at UN Water Conference 2023

ByTim MarshallApr 20, 2023

Tim Marshall on the gathering of the world’s water experts that failed to make a splash The headline’s real enough,…

Having it both ways – keeping fossil fuel subsidies and promising energy transition

Having it both ways – keeping fossil fuel subsidies and promising energy transition

ByMarco MagriniMar 27, 2023

Why do countries support clean energy on one hand and subsidise fossils fuels on the other, asks Marco Magrini Once…

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