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Imagine being told that your children cannot play outside because the grass and soil in your local area is so polluted that it endangers their health. You are not allowed to eat the eggs from the chickens in your garden because eating them could diminish your immune system and/or lead to certain types of cancer. No, this is not the plot of a dystopian novel these are very real consequences for people living in places that are severely polluted by PFAS. Also known as forever chemicals.

The US was an oligarchy well before Trump’s first term. Recognizing this reality is essential to building a true democracy

Scientists expect 41% of the projected global population to face the extremes, with ‘no part of the world’ immune

We are living in a time of polycrisis. If you feel trapped – you’re not alone. I hadn’t fully grasped how the idea of a better future sustained me – now I, like many others, find it difficult to be productive

De aantallen zoogdieren, vogels, amfibieën, reptielen en vissen in het wild zijn sinds 1970 gemiddeld met 73% afgenomen. Dat is te lezen in het nieuwste Living Planet Report van het Wereld Natuur Fonds (WWF).

Resilience here, then, is not the naïve faith in riding the storm and putting the world back together more or less as it was, issue by issue, but recognising the necessity to fundamentally reorganise and reorient human society in ways that can allow human flourishing and ecological sustainability in symbiotic and mutually supportive relations of reciprocity and regeneration - and in a multiplicity of ways.

It’s the middle of winter in South America, but that hasn’t kept the heat away in Chile, Argentina and surrounding locations. Multiple spells of oddly hot weather have roasted the region in recent weeks. The latest spell early this week has become the most intense, pushing the mercury above 100 degrees Fahrenheit, while setting an August record for Chile.

April temperatures at unprecedented levels have led to critical water and electricity shortages

Het nieuwe 'Living Planet Report – Natuur in België' is een uniek referentiewerk waarop beleidsmakers zich kunnen baseren om hun ambities bij te stellen en samen met alle actoren uit de samenleving de natuur beter te leren kennen en te beschermen.

WWF LIVING PLANET REPORT 2020 4 At a time when the world is reeling from the deepest global disruption and health crisis of a lifetime, this year’s Living Planet Report provides unequivocal and alarming evidence that nature is unravelling and that our planet is flashing red warning signs of vital natural systems failure. The Living Planet Report 2020 clearly outlines how humanity’s increasing destruction of nature is having catastrophic impacts not only on wildlife populations but also on human health and all aspects of our lives.

Given the circumstances, Scientific American has agreed with major news outlets worldwide to start using the term “climate emergency” in its coverage of climate change. Journalism should reflect what science says: the climate emergency is here.

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An in-depth look at workers’ participation in the climate and ecological breakdown, and how this might be transformed into ecological care, and leveraged for change.