Category: Climate change and sustainable development

Article by Emily Richardson-MoorePhoto by Fernand De Canne on Unsplash As a product of globalisation, the fashion industry has become the second largest polluter in the world, rivalled only by the oil industry. A study by the UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) has...

Article by David AltmarkPhoto by David Rodrigo on Unsplash We are killing the planet extremely quickly by using too much of harmful and unsustainable energy sources. We are on no track to be able to stop this before it gets to a point where we can no longer reverse...

Article by Verity RudinPhoto by Joshua Rawson-Harris on Unsplash Globalisation has shaped the world into an increasingly interconnected society whereby the limits of time and geographical boundaries have become meaningless. It has fused cultures, with the processes of...

Article by Grace ScottPhoto by Rob Wicks on Unsplash Global temperatures are rising, ice caps are melting, and fingers are being pointed. The question is, upon whose shoulders should the blame rest and who should we look for the solution? The average consumer?...

Article by Francesca PaxtonPhoto by Li-An Lim on Unsplash Climate scientists anticipate that if global temperatures rise by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius, there is a critical threshold in the Earth’s systems known as the ‘tipping point’ that is estimated to be reached...

Article by Eri FujikawaPhoto by Hannah Morgan on Unsplash In today’s fashion landscape, we frequently enter declarations like “We are committed to reducing the environmental impact of our business”, “We use environmentally-friendly packaging”, and “We monitor and...

Article by Rahdia AliGraphic: Sébastien Thibault - Source: https://www.leftvoice.org/capitalism-is-destroying-the-planet-lets-destroy-capitalism/  Capitalism is overtaking our lives in the worst way possible. The sea levels are rising, the global temperature is...

Article by Nicole Atta-OwusuPhoto by Karsten Würth on Unsplash In the first week of July 2023, locations such as China, Mexico and southern Europe recorded breaking their record temperatures, resulting in heat-related fatalities and wildfires. In that same week, Shell...

Article by Luliang TianPhoto by Chris Gallagher on Unsplash In July 2021, after severe rainfall, the R valley in western Germany was hit by an enormous flood. Water gushed through the villages, killing over 100 people and damaging thousands of houses. Extreme weather...

Article by Niyah CooperPhoto by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash As stated by Robert J. Ursano, “Climate change is…one of the top threats to global health in the 21st century”[1]. Climate change is concerned with the large-scale, ‘long term shifts in the environment and...