Environment

How To Live On Earth is the new environmental documentary film we all need to watch
Film

How To Live On Earth is the new environmental documentary film we all need to watch

Benedict Cumberbatch’s new documentary How To Live On Earth shows what we are doing to the planet – and the idiocy of ignoring the plight of bees

In pictures: Meet the farmers in Pakistan who are rebuilding their homes after devastating floods
Khaula Jamil

In pictures: Meet the farmers in Pakistan who are rebuilding their homes after devastating floods

Islamic Relief worked with photographer Khaula Jamil to reveal the realities of the lives of farmers devastated by flood in Pakistan

The Londoners living without access to water for six months as temperatures rise: ‘It’s unbearable’
Housing

The Londoners living without access to water for six months as temperatures rise: ‘It’s unbearable’

Residents across eight blocks of flats in East London spent the sweltering May heatwave not knowing if water would come up out of their taps. Their ordeal continues

London’s data centres use 750,000 homes’ worth of electricity. It’s bad news for the housing crisis
Artificial Intelligence

London’s data centres use 750,000 homes’ worth of electricity. It’s bad news for the housing crisis

How World Cup 2026 host cities are offering solutions to homelessness and the housing crisis
World Cup

How World Cup 2026 host cities are offering solutions to homelessness and the housing crisis

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I’m fighting to protect the puffins because ending poverty and saving the planet is the same cause
John Bird

I’m fighting to protect the puffins because ending poverty and saving the planet is the same cause

Green Hustle Festival showed our system is broken but hope grows in the gaps left in communities
Adam Pickering

Green Hustle Festival showed our system is broken but hope grows in the gaps left in communities

Is there really an air conditioning ban in Britain?
Debunked

Is there really an air conditioning ban in Britain?

‘I’m a wheelchair user. I was trapped up to my neck in flood water’
Flooding

‘I’m a wheelchair user. I was trapped up to my neck in flood water’

Michaela Strachan: ‘It’s sad we’re raping the ocean for marine collagen. We should embrace ageing’
Letter To My Younger Self

Michaela Strachan: ‘It’s sad we’re raping the ocean for marine collagen. We should embrace ageing’

Wet winter and rising energy bills driven by Middle East war spark damp and mould warning
Damp and mould

Wet winter and rising energy bills driven by Middle East war spark damp and mould warning

Taking action against climate change could also help end the need for food banks. Here’s how
Helen Barnard and Mike Childs

Taking action against climate change could also help end the need for food banks. Here’s how

Big Issue’s 100 Changemakers of 2026: Environment and climate
Changemakers 2026

Big Issue’s 100 Changemakers of 2026: Environment and climate

Drifting North by Dominic Hinde review – intimately moving and expansive
Books

Drifting North by Dominic Hinde review – intimately moving and expansive

‘It won’t work’: Labour can’t fix broken water system without tackling ownership, experts say
Water

‘It won’t work’: Labour can’t fix broken water system without tackling ownership, experts say

I care for my disabled son. South East Water outages left us without water for six days
Water

I care for my disabled son. South East Water outages left us without water for six days

From banning skinny jeans to therapy: 14 big ideas that will save the world
2026

From banning skinny jeans to therapy: 14 big ideas that will save the world

Our leaders must listen to scientists on climate change – or catastrophe is around the corner
Mark Wright

Our leaders must listen to scientists on climate change – or catastrophe is around the corner

2025 was tough on the planet. We can’t afford a year of Labour in-fighting on environment policy
Shaun Spiers

2025 was tough on the planet. We can’t afford a year of Labour in-fighting on environment policy

Labour’s Planning and Infrastructure Act is now law. Here are five things it looks to change
Housing

Labour’s Planning and Infrastructure Act is now law. Here are five things it looks to change

The UK is one of the most nature-depleted countries on Earth – here’s what needs to change
Sienna Somers

The UK is one of the most nature-depleted countries on Earth – here’s what needs to change

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Rhinos have become the face of extinction, but now there’s a small ray of hope
Conservation

Rhinos have become the face of extinction, but now there’s a small ray of hope

I’m an Anacé chief in Brazil. For Indigenous people, resistance is not a choice. It’s survival
Chief Roberto Ytaysaba Anacé

I’m an Anacé chief in Brazil. For Indigenous people, resistance is not a choice. It’s survival

George Lamb on how an Ibiza dance floor set him on a farming odyssey: ‘We need resilience in our food system’
Food

George Lamb on how an Ibiza dance floor set him on a farming odyssey: ‘We need resilience in our food system’

Climate justice cannot wait – COP30 must hear the voices from the frontline
Peter Waddup

Climate justice cannot wait – COP30 must hear the voices from the frontline