Nature Archives

Apr 25, 2025

Trump throws lifeline to Canadian deep-sea miner, setting scene for international clash

US president’s executive order looks like a victory for Vancouver-based The Metals Company (TMC) and other industry advocates, but fierce environmental and international opposition still stands in the way of ocean floor mining

Apr 23, 2025

Energy

“It’s shameful”: Amazon Indigenous people call for oil drilling ban at COP30

Indigenous leaders representing dozens of Amazon ethnicities have signed a declaration calling for a COP30 roadmap to phase out fossil fuels

May 13, 2025

Comment

How to make electric vehicles that don’t trash forests through mining

Using battery technology that is less reliant on minerals can avert worsening environmental damage caused by the stampede to secure materials for EVs

Apr 22, 2025

Comment

System change is our only way out of the climate and biodiversity crises

Global warming and biodiversity loss stem from the same economic, social and political systems that prioritise profits and reward exploitation

Apr 22, 2025

Giving nature breathing room builds climate resilience

Farming communities in El Salvador are reaping the benefits of working with nature by planting trees, harvesting rainwater and other ecological practices

Apr 15, 2025

Energy

ExxonMobil helps Amazon nation Guyana build ‘petrostate’, while people stay poor

Guyana’s rapid ascent to major oil producer has come at a steep price: rising inequality, weakened environmental regulations and unchecked gas flaring

Apr 9, 2025

Comment

New global fund for forests is a bold experiment in conservation finance

If successfully implemented, the sovereign-backed investment fund – championed by Brazil – could generate far more money for tropical forests than traditional donor models

Apr 4, 2025

Comment

Why accusations of Brazilian hypocrisy on climate are ill-judged

COP30 host Brazil has been criticised for its continued interest in oil production – but with development needs high, it can’t be expected to forgo its biggest commodity overnight

Apr 2, 2025

Investigations

The Amazon rainforest emerges as the new global oil frontier

Half a century of oil drilling has left the world’s largest rainforest scarred by deforestation and pollution. Now it is bracing for a new wave of fossil fuel extraction

Mar 21, 2025

Comment

2025 is the year to invest in forests – and the people who depend on them

With COP30 in the Amazon, governments, businesses and funders must step up restoration finance and put forests at the centre of climate action

Mar 20, 2025

Comment

Food systems are the missing ingredient from the COP30 menu

Despite making the Amazon the stage for this year’s UN climate summit, Brazil has stayed silent on the food system crisis, the top driver of its deforestation

Feb 28, 2025

Nature

UN biodiversity talks agree finance roadmap, postponing decision on a new fund

Conservation experts call for an urgent boost in funding for nature protection as countries at COP16 say they’ll work out later how best to deliver the money

Feb 21, 2025

News

COP16 host Colombia reports 35% surge in deforestation

Despite the uptick in deforestation, Colombian environment minister Susana Muhamad said 2024 still had the second-lowest deforestation figure in two decades

Feb 21, 2025

Comment

How COP16 2.0 can unlock business investment to properly fund nature

Biodiversity COP16 ended with vague targets and limited accountability — but its resumed session in Rome provides an opportunity for businesses to step up

Feb 20, 2025

News

Lula’s government pushes for new oil drilling in the Amazon – where it will host COP30

Pressure mounts on Brazil’s environmental agency as the government seeks expedited approval of a controversial oil drilling project

Feb 14, 2025

News

Valentine’s Day a costlier affair as rising heat hits West Africa cocoa production

Extreme temperatures dent cocoa supplies as vulnerable farmers struggle to adapt to climate impacts

Feb 14, 2025

Nature

DRC’s huge Green Corridor project lacks buy-in from forest communities

Congo has launched a plan for the world’s largest protected area – but Indigenous and local people say they haven’t been consulted

Feb 12, 2025

Comment

McDonald’s flames highlight our failure to face facts about food

There are ways to reduce the climate impact of what we eat – but companies and governments have been slow to back them

Feb 10, 2025

News

Colombia’s COP16 presidency in suspense as minister resigns

Observers told Climate Home that Susana Muhamad’s resignation as environment minister could affect UN nature talks

Dec 13, 2024

Justice

ICJ climate justice proceedings must recognise links between climate and nature

Climate change is destroying nature and must be stopped – but we should also ensure climate action helps, not hinders, nature

Dec 12, 2024

The world is getting smaller for pastoralists facing multiple threats

Africa’s herders are trying to maintain their way of life in the face of rising climate stress, conflict and competition for land

Dec 3, 2024

Nature

Global North countries must step up on protecting their own forests

The impacts of logging in the Global North are being felt in countries like Nigeria – a more equitable, coordinated approach is needed to tackle deforestation

Nov 6, 2024

Finance

Biodiversity market takes off at COP16, in shadow of carbon credit chaos

Several new guidelines for biodiversity credits were launched at COP16 in Cali, Colombia, where activists warned on risks to nature conservation efforts

Nov 3, 2024

Justice

COP16 hands power to Indigenous people but fails to bridge nature finance gap

UN biodiversity summit produces mixed results, with gains for Indigenous people and disagreement on how to raise and manage funding for nature protection