Galapagos species that are back from the brink

Over the last century, Earth’s wild places have seen startling declines in biodiversity. In 2019, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services found that one million plant and animal species are at risk of extinction. The main cause? Human activity. Habitat loss and fragmentation, climate change, over-consumption, human-wildlife conflict and pollution are major … Read more

Why it is time to end aviation subsidies

The dominance of aviation over less emitting modes of transport is due to a long history of massive government subsidies. Even in times of climate crisis, a huge amount of money in aviation subsidies supports the sector’s ambition of significantly increasing today’s forty million flights a year. The ‘polluter pays’ principle does not apply to … Read more

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