Climate

I spent the weekend fleeing wildfires in France. This is what it felt like to be evacuated from my home
wildfires
Soraya Fettih

I spent the weekend fleeing wildfires in France. This is what it felt like to be evacuated from my home

Soraya Fettih was forced to flee her home near Bordeaux because of the wildfires. She writes of the anger she feels as people lose their homes as the temperatures get hotter while fossil fuel companies make huge profits
Sustainable Ventures: How Europe’s biggest climate tech hub is innovating to save the planet
Sustainable Ventures HQ in London's old County Hall building
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Sustainable Ventures: How Europe’s biggest climate tech hub is innovating to save the planet

Fancy spending a heatwave in a former office block? That's the reality for thousands of families
Delta Point in Croydon is a former office block turned into housing
heatwave

Fancy spending a heatwave in a former office block? That's the reality for thousands of families

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

Is there really an air conditioning ban in Britain?
Debunked

Is there really an air conditioning ban in Britain?

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
'I'm a wheelchair user. I was trapped up to my neck in flood water'
Wheelchair user Kamran Mallick was trapped in a flood
Flooding

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

Together Alliance march: We're marching against far-right to fight for climate and racial justice
People are marching against hatred In London.
Asad Rehman

Together Alliance march: We're marching against far-right to fight for climate and racial justice

Taking action against climate change could also help end the need for food banks. Here's how
Lisburn Foodbank in Northern Ireland. Image: Trussell/ Robert Stothard
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

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
onshore wind farm
Shaun Spiers

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

The UK is one of the most nature-depleted countries on Earth – here's what needs to change
A bee on a plant.
Sienna Somers

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

COP30 marks 30 years of COP climate summits. Has it actually made a difference?
COP30

COP30 marks 30 years of COP climate summits. Has it actually made a difference?

Supermarket dominance is disastrous for food prices, public health and the planet
supermarket aisle
Carina Millstone

Supermarket dominance is disastrous for food prices, public health and the planet

Labour wants to ban fracking – while Reform wants to 'drill baby drill'. What does it mean for you?
fracking

Labour wants to ban fracking – while Reform wants to 'drill baby drill'. What does it mean for you?

Wildfires are on the rise in Britain. So how do we protect ourselves?
Climate change

Wildfires are on the rise in Britain. So how do we protect ourselves?

As Zack Polanski gets the green light, Labour must keep its climate promises
Paul McNamee

As Zack Polanski gets the green light, Labour must keep its climate promises

In a post-truth world, science needs storytelling to give evidence meaning
Opinion

In a post-truth world, science needs storytelling to give evidence meaning

Letters: There are so many stupid and greedy people out there
Letters

Letters: There are so many stupid and greedy people out there

Calls for major change to health and safety laws as UK battered by yet another heatwave
Man mopping his head to illustrate a story on heatwaves
Heatwave

Calls for major change to health and safety laws as UK battered by yet another heatwave

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Top 5 books about climate grief, chosen by Aerth author Deborah Tomkins
Books

Top 5 books about climate grief, chosen by Aerth author Deborah Tomkins

Kids are struggling with anxiety and panic attacks. Could nature be the answer?
Abby with chickens
John Rose

Kids are struggling with anxiety and panic attacks. Could nature be the answer?

A politician's lies should be seen as abuse. Here's how we can create a climate of truth
Mike Berners-Lee

A politician's lies should be seen as abuse. Here's how we can create a climate of truth

We can't lose women's football to climate change, says England star Chris Lockwood
Chris Lockwood

We can't lose women's football to climate change, says England star Chris Lockwood