PFAS come to town
“Forever chemicals” have been an issue on industrial sites for some time. Now we need to address them in urban spaces too, says Stefano Marconetto
Herbal Remedy: making space for nature in cities
Can we afford to make space for nature in our ever more crowded cities? Faced with overheating, pollution and total ecosystem collapse, can we afford not to?
Extinction contradiction: Why climate action isn’t always good for biodiversity
Net zero should bring wider ecological benefits, writes Tom Butterworth — but if we’re not careful, it could exacerbate another global crisis
One thing for sure: Adapting to climate change
How do we prepare for a future that is both entirely certain and completely unknowable?
Respiratory failure: tackling urban air pollution
Air pollution kills more than 4 million people every year. How do we stop our towns and cities from choking?
Greening cities: what’s the point?
From flood mitigation to mental health: the scientific case summarized
Bounce-back effect: the complex relationship between trees and pollution
Trees and hedges can mitigate pollution … but also exacerbate it
Adapt or mitigate: the dilemma for cities
Do the two climate-change disciplines need to talk to each other more?
Adaptive decision-making: “There are lots of possible futures”
We can’t completely predict climate change, in part because it depends on how we react to it
41 billion reasons to decarbonize
Costa Rica’s decarbonization plan could make it US$41 billion better off by 2050 — even if other countries do nothing, says Adrien Vogt-Schilb
Biodiversity offsets: The price of survival
Not only can we put a value on nature — we must, argues welfare economist Scott Cole. Offsets will be an essential part of the fight against biodiversity loss
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