In a new book Giada Giacomini argues for a paradigm shift in international law to better protect Indigenous peoples and their lands. Humankind lives, she says, on an existential continuum with other natural elements.

The establishment of a loss and damage fund is a breakthrough, but the Paris Agreement remains on life support. By Matt McDonald.

The evidence is mounting that animals do actually speak, deliberate, & reason. Claire Hamlett speaks with Sue Donaldson, Eva Meijer & Stefanie Fishel about including animals in democracy.

The 5Oth anniversary of the 1972 UN Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment was commemorated at a major summit this June, but it had no significant outcomes. Frank Biermann asks if this is the end of major environmental summitry.

The new IPCC report on climate impacts and vulnerability is an urgent call for action. As climate disaster accelerates, we need new treaties on coal, forests & oil. By Anthony Burke

The new US Indo-Pacific strategy was developed with little consultation with Pacific nations. Here, Pacific elders challenge the absence of Pacific peoples from the “Indo-Pacific” and stress their security needs for peace, reparations and climate action.