In Argentina, suspected arson is destroying land that Indigenous communities have long protected from miners and developers
A controversial new dam project will not bring energy security or investment benefits, as the government claims. There are alternatives
Communities are trying to make their voices heard as mining companies and illegal prospectors eye up the region’s natural resources
"My area of expertise is as a political philosopher. As such my role is less to provide answers than to ask often difficult and uncomfortable questions of institutions."
The extraction of balsa wood is a plague spreading through the Ecuadorian Amazon, and loggers have brought the pandemic to isolated communities
A serious UK government, willing to put enough funding mechanisms in place, does have the agencies available to tackle the UK's draughty buildings.
What does it take to make packed public transport, bars and football stadiums, perfectly compatible with clean air and climate catastrophe avoidance?
This year’s election cycle will tell us whether political systems in the region can deal with social tensions made worse by the pandemic
Life is draining from our hills and glens. We must use the coming Holyrood election to change course, before it’s too late
Apply to be part of openDemocracy's Latin American section and develop an investigative project on the Amazon and climate justice.
How do we prevent and prepare for future disasters, natural or man-made? Introducing National Risk Assessments as a new genre in European security politics.
