Earth Day: Facts, history and ways to celebrate our planet
Daisy Dobrijevic & Elzabeth Howell Earth Day is an annual event that started in 1970 when 20 million Americans — 10% of the population of the U.S. at the time…
Where did money come from?
Chris Skinner It’s quite strange when you think about money as a lot of money has disappeared or been recreated over the years. 250 years ago, there was no US…
J Doyne Farmer: Economics has failed on the climate crisis
It’s a mind-blowing idea: an economic model of the world in which every company is individually represented, making realistic decisions that change as the economy changes. From this astonishing complexity…
The Paris Climate Treaty changed the world; here’s how
Rebecca Solnit Today marks the 10th anniversary of the Paris Climate Treaty, one of the landmark days in climate-action history. Attending the conference as a journalist, I watched and listened…
Climate policy and renewable diffusion: What actually drives acceleration?
Brendon Tankwa, Emilien Ravigné, J. Doyne Farmer In this paper, we analyse how climate policy reforms have shaped the diffusion of solar and wind technologies across 49 OECD+ countries over…
EARTH.ORG / 16 Biggest environmental problems of 2026 – 4
Deena Robinson & Martina Igini / Global Commons The world is grappling with a host of pressing environmental challenges that demand immediate attention and action. From climate change-induced disasters, biodiversity…
Is artificial intelligence the Neanderthals of our time?
Osman Şenkul As the science of history shows us, Neanderthals were the closest relatives of modern humans, who are descended from Homo sapiens, and the two human species lived in…
From physical to digital to intelligent: The third revolution of finance
Chris Skinner Let me start with a simple question. How many of you think we’re living through a period of unprecedented change in finance? We’re not living through change. We’re…
The renewable energy revolution is a feat of technology
Rebecca Solnit I know progressives are supposed to be technophobes, but there is one technology we probably love more than anyone else (except the engineers who created it): renewable energy.…
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The war is dragging on, global energy, raw materials and food markets are in turmoil, and pessimism is growing
Levent Gürses As the war—which began with US and Israeli attacks on Iran and has gradually spread across the Middle East—enters its second week, it has started to take its…