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- Amazon deforestation: A time bomb for new pandemicsEnvironmental destruction strengthens existing diseases and exposes humans to new pathogens---READ-->>
- 1.5°C global heating likely to be locked in by 2030The world has less than a decade to reach ‘net zero’ emissions – and even then warming could continue---READ-->>
- Ecosocialist Bookshelf, November 2023Six important new books. Ultra-processed food. Climate History. Sanitation crisis. Nuclear cleanup. Venezuela’s communes. Basic Income.---READ-->>
- The warmest September on record, by a large marginUnprecedented temperatures mean 2023 is on track to be the warmest year since records began---READ-->>
- Could small farmers feed the world?The claim that small farms produce 70% of all food is a myth … but in a different social order they might produce more than that---READ-->>
- More on the Insect ApocalypseNew research shows insect decline poses major threat to important tropical crops---READ-->>
- Disasters have caused $3.8 trillion in crop losses over 30 yearsDisaster events increase in frequency, intensity and complexity, and impacts worsen worldwide---READ-->>
- How not to feed a hungry planetIndia’s fertilizer-intensive ‘Green Revolution’ is a warning, not a blueprint---READ-->>
- Above 1.5°C, heat and humidity can be deadly for billionsNew research shows human tolerance for global heating is lower than previously thought---READ-->>
- Is degrowth against workers’ interests?Critics say working people will never support degrowth. They don’t understand workers or degrowth.---READ-->>
- Worldwide, 41% of amphibians are threatened with extinctionClimate change, disease and habitat destruction are major factors in population decline---READ-->>
- Ecosocialist Bookshelf, October 2023New books for reds and greens. Cuba’s degrowth; Viruses; Bluefin tuna; Small farm solutions; Capitalism and slavery and poverty---READ-->>
- Carbon offsets don’t work, and that’s not newsIt’s been clear from the beginning that the market for ’emissions offsets’ is based on lies.---READ-->>
- Waterborne poison from metal mines affects over 23 million peopleHuge areas contaminated by lead, zinc, copper, arsenic and other toxic wastes---READ-->>
- Degrowth and ecosocialism – a replyThe critical issue is not today’s elections, but preparing for tomorrow’s mass movements---READ-->>
- The Earth System has passed six of nine planetary boundariesDwindling resilience brings the planet ever closer to catastrophic tipping points---READ-->>
- Would degrowth socialism mean forced austerity?Socialism means qualitatively better lives, not bigger piles of the same stuff capitalism makes---READ-->>
- Planet Wreckers: Just 20 countries risk locking in global climate chaosTo prevent catastrophe, these countries must stop new extraction projects now---READ-->>
- Record heatwaves are worsening air quality, harming human healthClimate change and air pollution cannot be treated separately---READ-->>
- ‘There is nothing green about economic growth in high-income countries’Lancet study finds ‘green growth’ policies fall far short of what’s needed to prevent dangerous change---READ-->>