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The #GlobalClimateStrike comes to London - The day in pictures
Sep 20, 2019
Written by
Katie Burton
We took to the streets of Westminster to take a look at London's part in the Global Climate Strike which saw millions across the world march for climate justice today
The largest refugee camp in the world: the plight of Rohingya women and girls
Sep 20, 2019
Written by
Katie Burton
The British government today announced a new aid package to support the 700,000 Rohingya people still living in refugee camps in Bangladesh, with the money particularly targeted towards supporting vulnerable women and girls. Geographical speaks to Helen Ware, an aid…
The fight for environmental justice in America’s segregated cities
Sep 06, 2019
Written by
Abigail Spink
‘Abolitionist climate justice’ is an evolving movement that aims to tackle the disparate effects of climate change across race and class
IPCC: Human land use is key driver of the climate emergency
Aug 09, 2019
Written by
Katie Burton
A landmark report from the IPCC definitively states that the way humans are using the Earth’s available land is a key driver of global heating and climate change. But does it also provide the answer?
Guadalupe Marengo: Human Rights Defender at Amnesty International
Aug 01, 2019
Written by
Katie Burton
Guadaloupe Marengo is head of the Human Rights Defenders Team at Amnesty International, a group working to protect people who champion and defend the rights of others, including women’s rights, LGBT+ rights and, increasingly, environmental rights
Whitley Awards 2020 - Call to recognise the next generation of conservation heroes
Jul 22, 2019
Written by
Eveline Vouillemin
The 2020 Whitley Fund For Nature Awards are now open for applications
Can the film industry stem the plastic tide?
Jul 19, 2019
Written by
Eveline Vouillemin
Inspired by nature and motivated by a green conscience, a London-based designer is calling for the film industry to turn its hand to innovative methods of production to stop ever-growing piles of plastic waste from ending up in landfill
World Population Day
Jul 11, 2019
Written by
Luke Weir
World Population Day focuses on the urgency and importance of population issues, observed every 11th of July
Rolex Laureates – 2019 winners announced
Jun 14, 2019
Written by
Geographical
The five winners include schemes to eliminate plastic waste and reduce human-wildlife conflict
Biochar: miracle or madness?
Jun 06, 2019
Written by
Katie Burton
Biochar was once heralded as a miracle product, one that could both sequester carbon and improve soil conditions. Though it’s found itself out of the limelight in recent years, some scientists are still fighting its corner
China’s Belt and Road to the Islamic world
Jun 03, 2019
Written by
Geographical
Why is China so keen on courting Islamic countries for its Belt and Road Initiative? The team at Kontinentalist brings you some answers with this interactive guide
Rolex announces 2019 Laureate finalists, public vote to choose winners
May 24, 2019
Written by
Luke Weir
Rolex has announced the ten finalists for its 2019 Rolex Awards, each vying to become one of the five chosen Laureates, honoured for their work in global development projects
Dossier: Tobacco's big child labour problem
May 10, 2019
Written by
Text by Mark Rowe • Cartography by Benjamin Hennig
Despite cigarette consumption dropping globally, their manufacture is still one of the world’s most profitable industries. For many farmers, tobacco cultivation is a vital source of income. One big problem – much of the labour is carried out by children
Malaysia looks to capitalise on China’s taste for durian
Apr 03, 2019
Written by
Katie Burton
As China’s demand for the notoriously smelly durian fruit soars and Malaysia looks set to capitalise, environmentalists question the cost
Clear Vision: How Sightgeist is battling blindness in developing countries
Mar 29, 2019
Written by
Robyn White
Event at the Science Museum aims to highlight the unaddressed disability of poor vision
Open-source seeds: protecting new crops from privitisation
Mar 28, 2019
Written by
Katie Burton
Concern about the increasing privatisation of seeds has resulted in the creation of an open-source licence to keep seeds in public hands
Why the Brumadinho dam collapse wasn’t surprising
Mar 20, 2019
Written by
Katie Burton
The recent dam collapse in Brazil could just be the beginning of a series of disasters due to inadequate dam technology and monitoring
Predicting the unidentified carriers of zika, dengue and yellow fever
Mar 04, 2019
Written by
Chris Fitch
Where will the next virus outbreak emerge? A new model predicting wildlife species potentially capable of transferring pathogens to humans helps answer the question
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