Organisers of People Parking Day are inviting residents to create ‘parklets’ in their streetsPeople are being urged to reclaim parking spaces outside their homes this weekend, transforming them into mini parks for activities such as fitness classes, te…
Wild boar on streets of Rome are being used against me, says mayor
With just over a week until the city goes to the polls the animals may help to unseat Virginia RaggiA group of wild boar strutting along a traffic-filled road in Rome has catapulted the issue of the Italian capital’s state of decay to the top of the de…
The UN summit on food systems took two years to plan. It’s offered nothing to help feed families | Michael Fakhri
As the UN food systems summit takes place on Thursday, governments can do much more, writes Michael Fakhri, UN special rapporteur on the right to food The role of the UN’s dozens of independent experts, or special rapporteurs, is to report and advise o…
Why aren’t more big bike firms tracking their environmental impact?
Trek’s sustainability report appears to be the first of its kind in a sector that has had a free ride on the issueTrek, one of the world’s biggest bicycle brands, recently released its sustainability report for 2021. Remarkably, this appears to be the …
Climate crisis: fifth of London schools now susceptible to flooding
Sadiq Khan to warn time is running out to tackle emergency as he puts pressure on UK government to actA fifth of London’s schools are now susceptible to flooding and millions of people living in the capital are at “high risk” of suffering from the effe…
Boris Johnson to tell UN that Cop26 must be ‘turning point for humanity’
UK PM will say it is time for the world to ‘grow up’ and ‘listen to scientists’ in speech to general assemblyCop26 must be a “turning point for humanity” in just 40 days’ time, Boris Johnson has urged in a call to arms to fellow global leaders ahead of…
China pledge to stop funding coal projects ‘buys time for emissions target’
China was lender of last resort for overseas governments seeking finance for coal projectsXi Jinping’s announcement that China will stop funding overseas coal projects could buy the world about three more months in the race to keep global heating to a …
A garden snail: it knows the rose only by its smell and soft petals | Helen Sullivan
Or you for 10, if you keep it as a petA garden snail is eating your roses. “Little snail / Dreaming you go / Weather and rose / Is all you know,” wrote Langston Hughes. It is night time, the snail’s time, after dew or rain – when the snail is happiest,…
Russia forest fire damage worst since records began, says Greenpeace
Analysis shows over 18.16m hectares were destroyed in 2021, an absolute record since satellite monitoring beganRussia has endured its worst forest fire season in the country’s modern history, according to recent data from the Russian Forestry Agency an…
More microplastics in babies’ faeces than in adults’ – study
Researchers say children’s mouthing behaviour and products such as bottles may be to blameInfants have more microplastics in their faeces than adults, a study has found.Microplastics are plastic particles smaller than 5mm in size that have been release…