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Read by the author, Henry Gee. 'Brilliant' – The Times 'Hugely informative and entertaining' – New Scientist 'Put this at the head of your reading lists immediately' – Eric Idle From the winner of the 2022 Royal Society Science Book Prize, a thrilling and thought-provoking account of the...

In The Insect Crisis, acclaimed journalist Oliver Milman dives into the torrent of recent evidence that suggests this kaleidoscopic group of creatures is suffering the greatest existential crisis in its remarkable 400-million-year history. What is causing the collapse of the insect world?

A profound, powerful and moving collection of 100 letters from around the world responding to the climate crisis, introduced by Emma Thompson and lovingly illustrated by CILIP award winner Jackie Morris. ‘All power to this amazing project.’ JOANNE HARRIS ‘Makes sense of the climate crisis...

This podcast will discuss current events, issues and crises around the world. It will discuss suggested possible solutions to the problem the world is experiencing, including breakthroughs within medical, science, climate change, socio and geopolitical as well as all branches of research institutions aiming to develop and improve our way of life around the globe 🌎.

Créée par le Comité Français pour la Solidarité Internationale en partenariat avec la Fondation de France et avec le soutien de l'Agence Française de Développement, cette série de 5 podcasts met à l’honneur des femmes et des hommes qui portent des initiatives en faveur d’une agriculture et d’une alimentation durables et solidaires et questionne les difficultés d’accès à une alimentation nutritive, durable, saine et à coûts accessibles pour toutes et tous.Le Comité Français pour la Solidarité Internationale (CFSI), créé en 1960, est une association reconnue d’...

Climate Crisis Culture is a conversational podcast exploring the climate crisis through personal stories, arts and culture. Friends and former colleagues Eilidh McLaughlin and Jenny Fraser Harris dissect topics which are pertinent and emotive. Delving deep into the complexities of living in the ‘era of environmental breakdown’ they untangle the issues through honest, open conversation. By sharing the work of artists, cultural happenings and resources that inspire them they hope to cultivate a space that brings climate conversations into the everyday. They believe diverse, creative culture ...

Eminent ecologist Jeremy B. C. Jackson and award-winning journalist Steve Chapple traveled the length of the Mississippi River interviewing farmers, fishermen, scientists, and policymakers to better understand the mounting environmental problems ravaging the United States. Along their journey, which quickly expanded to California, Florida, and New York, the pair uncovered surprising and profound connections between ecological systems and environmental crises across the country. 

La crisis hídrica en México es cada vez más compleja, el Día Cero en la metrópoli más grande del país generó una gran alerta social, política y mediática, y ha puesto en evidencia que la explotación y contaminación del agua siempre han estado aquí.

The introduction of new medicines has dramatically improved the quantity and quality of individual and public health, while contributing trillions of dollars to the global economy. In spite of these past successes - and indeed because of them - our ability to deliver new medicines may be quickly coming to an end. Moving from the 20th century to the present, A Prescription for Change reveals how changing business strategies combined with scientific hubris have altered the way new medicines are discovered, with dire implications for both health and the economy.

How serious are the threats to our environment? Here is one measure of the problem: if we continue to do exactly what we are doing, with no growth in the human population or the world economy, the world in the latter part of this century will be unfit to live in. Of course human activities are not holding at current levels—they are accelerating, dramatically—and so, too, is the pace of climate disruption, biotic impoverishment, and toxification.

In the tradition of Rachel Carson’s groundbreaking environmental classic Silent Spring, an award-winning entomologist and conservationist explains the importance of insects to our survival, and offers a clarion call to avoid a looming ecological disaster of our own making. Drawing on thirty...

Instead of a great island of trash, the infamous Great Pacific Garbage Patch is made up of manmade debris spread over hundreds of miles of sea - more like a soup than a floating garbage dump. Recycling is more complicated than we were taught: Less than nine percent of the plastic we create is reused, and the majority ends up in the ocean. And plastic pollution isn’t confined to the open sea: It’s in much of the air we breathe and the food we eat.

In Voices of Change, a group of Canada’s most accomplished young environmentalists outline bold visions for how we can fight climate change and create a sustainable way of living. The twelve essays in Voices of Change, by fifteen inspiring youth leading the climate change movement in Canada...