Climate Change

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Why Climate Change Is Not an Environmental Issue

June 24, 2022May 11, 2023 - by Chris Turner

Misunderstanding the nature of the peril humanity faces is one reason climate politics has been so prone to frustration and despair

Two origami birds made out of paper with poetry on it against a blue background.

Environment

Early Warning Signals: How Poetry Helps Us Understand Our Impact on Ecology

April 13, 2022April 13, 2022 - by Madhur Anand

The environmental crisis is, in part, a crisis of the imagination. Poems can create a new form of knowing

Cartoon panel of a bear waking up to an alarm clock and ending hibernation, but confused that it looks like autumn and not spring outside.

Environment / March/April 2022

How Is the Climate Crisis Changing Our Seasons?

March 21, 2022September 19, 2023 - by Madhur Anand

Early springs and long, hot summers are disrupting migration and mating patterns

Text saying "2021 Environment" over a green pattern of globes, plants, and animals

Environment / Science

Reckoning with the Natural World

December 29, 2021December 30, 2021 - by The Walrus Staff

The climate crisis kept the environment firmly planted in the headlines

Illustration of a man in a suit planting gold coins in a field filled with plants and windmills.

Environment / January/February 2022

Green Investing Is Having Its Moment in the Sun. Can It Help Save the Planet?

December 16, 2021October 20, 2023 - by Ainslie Cruickshank

As interest grows in sustainable stocks, observers worry there’s more hype than substance to the trend

An illustration with children, graphs and empty boxes

Society

The Ugly History of Environmental Fears and Population Controls

October 19, 2021October 19, 2021 - by Arno Kopecky

It’s time to focus less on people’s reproductive habits and more on overconsumption

Illustration of a fire growing atop a mountain that overlooks a valley and houses.

Environment / November 2021

For the Love of Peat: Our Best Defence Against a Changing Climate

October 18, 2021March 28, 2022 - by Edward Struzik

Canada holds between a quarter and a third of the world’s peatlands. It’s time we took better care of them

A woman protests at a climate change demonstration holding an "SOS" sign.

Environment

Is Our Political System Up for the Fight Against Climate Change?

May 26, 2021May 26, 2021 - by Michael Ignatieff

A revolutionary politics isn’t necessary to combat a world-changing problem. But, to succeed, liberal democracies must adapt

A photo of a lone polar bear on an ice sheet floating in what looks like a calm sea with a blue sky overhead.

Environment

What Will Be the Tipping Point of the Climate Crisis?

March 29, 2021March 29, 2021 - by Andri Snær Magnason

Glaciers are melting. Coral reefs are dying. Eventually, the devastation will be impossible to reverse

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Why Climate Change Is Not an Environmental Issue

Early Warning Signals: How Poetry Helps Us Understand Our Impact on Ecology

Green Investing Is Having Its Moment in the Sun. Can It Help Save the Planet?

The Ugly History of Environmental Fears and Population Controls

For the Love of Peat: Our Best Defence Against a Changing Climate

Is Our Political System Up for the Fight Against Climate Change?

What Will Be the Tipping Point of the Climate Crisis?

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