Climate pledge 2020
Our promise to readers to prioritise the escalating climate crisis in our journalism and our business decisions
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Last year, we vowed to prioritise climate journalism and cutting our own emissions. So much for promises: how are we actually doing this?
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Leaded petrol, acid rain, CFCs … the last 50 years of environmental action have shown how civil society can force governments and business to change -
Guardian supporters around the world tell us about the sustainable lifestyle changes that they have committed to during lockdown – and beyond
Our reporting on the climate crisis
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We do not know how many species live on Earth. Barcoding could change that – and open the way for incredible discoveries -
While some say CO2 capture is part of the problem, billions of dollars are being invested in it as a part solution to the climate crisis -
Opinion
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By reporting on issues across the world affecting the climate crisis the media can influence change -
Clean energy and sustainable food supplies will be the planet’s most pressing issues over the next 30 years, says astronomer royal Martin Rees -
In focusing on targets, activists from rich countries risk putting metrics above the lives of vulnerable people, says Aruna Chandrasekhar, an independent journalist from India -
The challenges of re-engineering the global economy by 2050 were already immense, even before the advent of Covid-19, says author Daniel Yergin
Climate solutions
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Those hoping to future-proof their careers are turning to green industries such as windfarms -
As the 50th anniversary of Earth Day approaches, we’re partnering with newsrooms around the world to report on solutions to the climate crisis – and drive hope -
This week, the Upside finds that optimism will be better than pessimism at tackling global heating
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Research shows a trillion trees could be planted to capture huge amount of carbon dioxide -
Lockdown won’t save the world from warming, but the pandemic is an opportunity to pursue a green economic recovery, says the diplomat and author Christiana Figueres -
Letters: Readers offer their views on how governments and citizens can help to reduce humans’ environmental impact
Visualising the crisis
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Fragile Planet is a record of the dramatic changes shaping our planet. Containing more than 230 photographs, the book documents the effects of climate systems on our world -
Our interactive guide uses scientific modelling to show the impact the climate crisis will have on different parts of Australia
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With only 10 years left to achieve the UN’s sustainability goals, find out how your priorities compare -
This week the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will release a special report laying out in stark detail the impact of the melting of frozen regions on oceans and coastal areas. People around the world are already living with the effects of vanishing ice caps, coastal erosion and rising sea levels -
Climate Visuals is a project that aims to create a new visual language for climate change that conveys the urgent human stories at the heart of the issue. It has recognised existing and outstanding images with impact for its inaugural photography awards -
Created by climate crisis charity Project Pressure, MELTDOWN – a visualisation of climate change has opened at Natural History Museum of Vienna
Why support the Guardian?
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The Guardian’s editor-in-chief reflects on the state of media today and explains how the support of 1 million readers has enabled us to report and investigate the most important stories of our time
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