Fast fashion is wasteful, and thrifting is flawed. The solution: swap!
Jannine Mancilla, 32, and Nicole Macias, 34, bonded over a shared love of DIY fashion and hand-me-downs, and frustrations with an environmentally destructive industry and a throwaway culture that creates huge amounts of waste. So they came up with a…
Why we’re publishing a series on DIY climate solutions
The hottest year on record. Extreme drought, wildfires and flooding. Despairing scientists, wildlife loss and rampant waste. The sheer scale of the climate crisis can feel overwhelming. And when it comes to taking serious action, politicians move at a glacial…
Banks have given almost $7tn to fossil fuel firms since Paris deal, report reveals
The world’s big banks have handed nearly $7tn (£5.6tn) in funding to the fossil fuel industry since the Paris agreement to limit carbon emissions, according to research. In 2016, after talks in Paris, 196 countries signed an agreement to limit…
Afghanistan flash floods kill more than 300 as torrents of water and mud crash through villages
More than 300 people were killed in flash floods that ripped through multiple provinces in Afghanistan, the UN’s World Food Programme said, as authorities declared a state of emergency and rushed to rescue the injured. Many people remained missing after…
At least 50 dead after flash flooding in northern Afghanistan
At least 50 people, mainly women and children, have been killed in flash flooding in the northern Afghanistan province of Baghlan. The number was confirmed by Hedayatullah Hamdard, the head of the provincial natural disaster management department, who said it…
Ministers consider making UK’s carbon targets easier to meet
Ministers are considering plans to weaken the UK’s carbon-cutting plans by allowing the unused portion of the last carbon budget to be carried over to the next period. This would go against the strong recommendation of the government’s statutory climate…
Brutal heatwaves and submerged cities: what a 3C world would look like
Global heating is likely to soar past internationally agreed limits, according to a Guardian survey of hundreds of leading climate experts, bringing catastrophic heatwaves, floods and storms. Only 6% of the respondents thought the 1.5C limit could be achieved, and…
The week around the world in 20 pictures
New York City, US Janelle Monáe nearly loses her balance as designer Vera Wang looks on while arriving at the 2024 Met Gala, the annual benefit for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA Source: theguardian.com
The climate crisis is no laughing matter, no matter what those on Radio 4’s Today programme think | Bill McGuire
Do you find climate breakdown funny? Do you think it’s a laughing matter that we are on track to bequeath to our children and their children a planet changed for the worse beyond all recognition? I don’t – and I’m…
Two Just Stop Oil protesters attack Magna Carta’s glass case
Two Just Stop Oil protesters have smashed the glass around Magna Carta at the British Library. The Rev Sue Parfitt, 82, and Judy Bruce, 85, a retired biology teacher, targeted the protective enclosure with a hammer and chisel on Friday…