Climate Change

Climate Change

A collage shows an aerial view of a green planet above images of Indigenous people, some in traditional attire, participating in a gathering or march.
10mins
At COP30, Indigenous leaders came with a message the world can’t ignore: 5% of the global population is safeguarding 80% of Earth’s biodiversity. A $1.8B pledge was made to support their land rights — but will the money follow their lead?
Skoll Foundation
A middle-aged man with glasses and long hair, wearing a floral shirt, stands indoors in a warmly lit room with blurred background furniture.
55mins
“Old systems of the past are collapsing, and new systems of the future are still to be born. I call this moment the great progression.”
A human cell and the Earth are shown side by side in outer space against a starry background.
1hr 11mins
“It's a remarkable series of events that were required for us to be here, and that so many things could have happened in a different way that we wouldn't be here at all, both individually, and as a species.”
An older man sits on a chair in front of a white backdrop, surrounded by rows of hanging beef carcasses in a meat processing facility.
1hr 55mins
“It’s not about being perfect. It’s about reducing suffering where we can, and right now, we’re choosing not to.”
Target symbol over a world map with a central orange circle displaying "< 2°", surrounded by numbers on concentric circles.
5mins
“I think the key point is that doesn't mean game over. That doesn't mean we're flipped into a world, and to a point of no return.”
A baby with blonde hair and blue eyes looks upward with a curious expression against a blue background.
4mins
“In our current social and physical climate, there's a sense of fatalism, a fear that bringing someone new into the world might be a bad thing.”
Image of Earth set against a black background with the text "A Volatile World" in large white letters.
11mins
“We've engineered a volatile world where Starbucks is completely unchanging from year to year, but democracies are collapsing and rivers are drying up.”
The Earth partially submerged in water, symbolizing climate change and rising sea levels, against a black background.
12mins
“You can find examples of really big environmental problems that we've already solved.” Climate change is solvable, argues Hannah Ritchie.
Five round, flat objects in black, blue, gray, red, and green are arranged in a row on a grid background.
2mins
“We wouldn’t be able to talk about minerals if it weren’t for the minerals themselves.” Mineralogist Bob Hazen explains how Earth’s rocks can teach us about our planet’s technicolor history.
7mins
Is human overpopulation alarmist hype with disturbing consequences? Oxford data scientist Hannah Ritchie debunks the overpopulation myth.
Three industrial smokestacks emit dense, white smoke against a blue sky.
7mins
“If given a chance, nature can rebound, and nature can rebound dramatically.” Biologist Sean B. Carroll discusses the resilience of nature and how humans can help it thrive. Humans litter, […]
The u s vs itself.
33mins
The United States is the biggest risk in 2024. Here are the other 9, explained by Ian Bremmer, president of Eurasia Group and GZERO Media.
The text "8 BILLION" appears with an illustrated globe replacing the "O" in "BILLION" on a black background.
6mins
What beavers and earthworms can teach us about working with, not against, Mother Nature.
17mins
Rogue Putin is the biggest risk of 2023. Here are the other nine, explained by global political expert Ian Bremmer.
3mins
Climate change. War. Civil unrest. Is it responsible to have kids today?
A whimsical vintage illustration depicts people in Victorian-era attire flying in futuristic airships and vehicles above a cityscape.
7mins
We don’t need one Elon Musk. We need 8 billion empathic futurists.