The richest 1% have exhausted their annual carbon budget – the amount of CO2 that can be emitted while staying within 1.5 degrees of warming – only ten days into the year, according to new analysis from Oxfam. The richest 0.1% already used up their carbon limit on the 3rd January.
Recycled polyester produces, on average, 55% more microplastic particles during washing than virgin polyester.
Many naturally occurring and synthetic chemicals that affect the central nervous system (CNS) can cross from the bloodstream into the brain, influencing human behavior and bodily functions, sometimes beneficially, sometimes harmfully. As brain weapons, for instance.
AI’s explosive growth in 2026 is setting off alarm bells. Behind the impressive façade of innovation lies a labyrinth of ecological, economic, and social threats. From skyrocketing energy use to deepening inequality and a looming investment bubble, the AI boom could destabilize society rather than improve it.
The world’s tropical rainforests, once known as the lungs of the Earth, are losing their ability to store carbon. New satellite data show that vast forest regions are now emitting more CO₂ than they absorb.
An open door to ecocide is the stark conclusion when adding up all the measures that were postponed or not taken at COP30. The gap between what’s needed to halt further global warming and climate disruption, and what countries actually agreed to do, keeps widening. And it grows even further because many of the promises that were made are not being fulfilled — as history keeps showing.
Is a billionaire’s opinion important just because they are a billionaire? A new We Don’t Have Time analysis exposes how the world’s most influential philanthropist quietly shifted his climate agenda, bankrolled a think tank known for promoting climate delay, and released a well-timed message that eclipsed the UN Secretary-General’s most urgent warning yet.
More than 50,000 people have descended on Belém, the small Amazonian city hosting this year’s COP30 climate summit. Cruise ships, school dormitories, and even army barracks have been turned into makeshift lodgings. It’s a logistical challenge — and a sign that this conference will be anything but ordinary.
The reappearance of banned pesticides through imported fruits and vegetables exposes the fragility of Europe’s food safety system. What was meant to protect people and the planet is being undermined by global trade loopholes. As long as the EU doesn’t apply identical standards to imported goods and domestic production, its promise of safe and fair food remains only partially fulfilled.
Oxfam’s new report, Climate Plunder, exposes how the world’s richest one percent are not only responsible for a disproportionate share of carbon emissions, but also for shaping the very policies meant to stop them. As the planet passes the 1.5 °C threshold, billionaires and big corporations continue to profit from an economy that is literally overheating.