Juliette Jowit
WILLIAM Wilberforce is popularly credited with the abolition of the slave trade. But the campaigners — far ahead of their time in their methods — had recognised the need for a major business figure to stand beside
Published 29 Dec, 2011 12:00am
LITTLE was expected of the global climate talks, which finish in Durban this weekend, and little of any great significance will be agreed. The US, Canada, China and Russia, even the EU, have been dubbed `climate
Published 10 Dec, 2011 12:32am
LONDON The Earth`s population is using the equivalent of 1.5 planets` worth of natural resources, but the long-term...
Published 15 Oct, 2010 12:00am
THE world`s most high-profile climate change sceptic is to declare that global warming is “undoubtedly one of the...
Published 01 Sep, 2010 12:00am
THE world`s most high-profile climate change sceptic is to declare that global warming is “undoubtedly one of the...
Published 01 Sep, 2010 12:00am
LONDON Global temperatures in the first half of the year were the hottest since records began more than a century...
Published 30 Jul, 2010 12:00am
MODERN businesses are “soulless corporations” that are in danger of becoming a “cancer” on society, a leading UN...
Published 13 Jul, 2010 12:00am
LONDON Saddam Hussein`s draining of the Mesopotamian marshes of Iraq was one of the most infamous outrages of his...
Published 11 Jul, 2010 12:00am
MORE than one in four of all flowering plants are under threat of extinction, according to an alarming report by...
Published 08 Jul, 2010 12:00am
THE world is heading for an average temperature rise of nearly 4C, according to an analysis of national pledges from...
Published 07 Jul, 2010 12:00am
THE economic case for global action to stop the destruction of the natural world is even more powerful than the...
Published 24 May, 2010 12:00am
PARIS Major economies are pushing for substantial increases in the price of water around the world as concern mounts...
Published 29 Apr, 2010 12:00am
HUNDREDS of millions of people that the UN declares have gained access to safe water and sanitation are still...
Published 27 Apr, 2010 12:00am
A CAMPAIGN to declare the mass destruction of ecosystems an international crime against peace — alongside genocide...
Published 12 Apr, 2010 12:00am
MORE than 300 southern right whales, most of them young calves, have been found dead in the last five years in the...
Published 19 Mar, 2010 12:00am
THE cost of pollution and other damage to the natural environment caused by the world`s biggest companies would wipe...
Published 20 Feb, 2010 12:00am
THE natural world across Europe is suffering a crisis as serious as the threat of climate change. The European...
Published 29 Apr, 2009 12:00am
LONDON The thickness of sea ice in the Arctic dramatically declined last winter for the first time since records...
Published 29 Oct, 2008 12:00am
LONDON: The thickness of sea ice in the Arctic dramatically declined last winter for the first time since records...
Published 29 Oct, 2008 12:00am
COUNTRIES across the world will have to dramatically increase investment in dams, pipes and other water...
Published 12 Sep, 2008 12:00am
