The Caribbean has long been the gold standard for western tourism: but our image of the islands as paradises ripe for our enjoyment is harming their environment and people.
In late summer the snow banks on these mountains turn pink, known as “watermelon snow”, thanks to blooming extremophiles.
Bryant Olsen/Flickr
Death is a part of life: but environmentally harmful burial practices, overcrowded cemeteries and unaffordable funerals are denying many the right to a good death.
Plastic pollution is one of the defining problems of our century.
Darkmoon_Art/Pixabay
Native Americans have long struggled to practice their spiritual rituals and protect their landscapes. Crackdowns on Indigenous protests could further erode the free exercise of their religions.
Impalas walk near the elevated Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) in Nairobi National Park, Kenya.
YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images
Climate change, in its impacts on our society, will have the capacity to destabilise and push social, political and economic systems to their limits. We will have to be bold.
Deforestation in a village called Salena in Palu, Central Sulawesi, during the pandemic.
ANTARAFOTO/Basri Marzuki/hp.
Governments must ensure that transport infrastructure is developed with the ability to cope with current and future climatic shifts.
Many of the tombs in Japan are elaborately decorated. Nearby visitors can buy flowers, buckets. brooms and other gardening tools to tidy up the graves.
John S Lander/LightRocket via Getty Images
In a Japanese tree burial, cremated remains are placed in the ground and a tree is planted over the ashes to mark the gravesite. Environmental responsibility is part of Buddhism.
The drugs found in the dam are potentially harmful to both ecological and public health.
l_y_n_c_h/shutterstock
The UK will host the first G7 summit since 2019. Can they tackle global challenges?
Somerset House is an example of enlightenment architecture, which precluded greenery which was believed to obscure its strong lines and go against ‘reason’.
Ed Reeve