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Capturing the impacts of wildfires and flooding globally

Since 2007, Gideon Mendel has made 20 trips to document floods in 13 countries. The result is an alarming record of what has already been lost to the climate emergency.

  • Photography
  • Isaac Muk

‘The climate crisis is a liberationary struggle’

Gearing up for the release of her first book, climate activist Mikaela Loach talks standing up to authority and building a more inclusive movement.

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  • Ben Smoke

Haunting photos of life around the world’s oil fields

Robin Hinsch reflects on capturing the places in the world where raw materials are extracted from the earth for profit, and the people who make their homes there.

  • Photography
  • Isaac Muk

An evocative portrait of the UK’s deteriorating coastline

Max Miechowski reflects on documenting land that has been reclaimed by or will soon be lost to the sea – and the people who live life on the edge.

  • Photography
  • Isaac Muk

Photos of UK activists occupying tree tops in the ’90s

Adrian Fisk recalls documenting the fight in Newbury to prevent the felling of 350 acres of pristine ancient woodland to make a motorway bypass.

  • Photography
  • Isaac Muk

Egyptian activists are battling the state’s greenwashing

COP27 — While hosting the 2022 UN Climate Change Conference, the Egyptian government are continuing repressive mistreatment of environmental campaigners.

  • Activism
  • Jessie Williams

The brothers rescuing Delhi’s birds falling from the sky

Shaunak Sen discusses his poetic documentary chronicling an ad hoc hospital’s efforts to save the city’s birds of prey.

  • Film
  • Molly Cavanagh

Protestors oppose TED Talks’ platforming of oil bosses

No planet B — Demonstrators gathered outside the Barbican to call out the non-profit over its decision to invite representatives of fossil fuel companies to speak at its summit.

  • Activism
  • Ben Smoke

Palestine’s water crisis is intensifying

End Israeli apartheid — Israel’s restrictions on Palestinians’ access to water is having an increasingly devastating impact as the climate crisis worsens.

  • Activism
  • Haya Abushkhaidem

The answer to today’s crises lies in ownership

Adrienne Buller and Mathew Lawrence discuss their new book, which offers a road map to transforming the landscape of property, politics and power today.

  • Books
  • Amelia Horgan

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