UNBELIEVABLE: 13 - The Untold Story

Nature didn’t act alone in Nepal’s flash flood disaster

Nepal, like the rest of the world, has already experienced a disproportionate share of the fallout from rising global temperatures and related ecological disruption. The disaster that hit Nepal was merely the tip of the iceberg; if not today, the inevitability of it happening at some point in the future…

Newslaundry · Sep 14

We greet the news that AI could extinguish us with a glazed indifference. What is the way out of this nihilism?

There are several answers, and none of them will be provided by tech. One thing we must do is identify the ingredients for human flourishing

The Guardian - AU · Sep 14

Prince William’s urgent optimism is critical on climate change

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Prince William has written exclusively for The Independent to call for urgent action on climate change

The Independent UK · Sep 13

Warning: our democracy won’t survive the death of reading. Read on if you still can

While fascists protest in UK ports and purvey nonsense and poison online, ever fewer people have the perspective or analytical tools to challenge them, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK · Sep 13

Think of the parable of a frog in boiling water. That’s us dithering as the ‘unprecedented‘ weather becomes more extreme

The complacency is staggering: just another hot summer, a flooded street, a crop failure. We are accepting this extraordinary deterioration as normal, says science writer Helen Pilcher

The Guardian - UK · Sep 13

OPINION - Why millions of Brits are dead wrong about what’s really happening on London’s streets

People are way too negative about the realities of London, says KCL professor Bobby Duffy, who has just published a landmark report on misconceptions of life in the capital

Evening Standard · Sep 13

Putin would rather keep killing than admit he’s lost. As a winter of misery looms in Ukraine, Nato must step in

The Russian leader is ploughing on with his forever war – and each day is a crime against humanity. Western democracies cannot simply sit on their hands, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

The Guardian - UK · Sep 13

Ketchup on a Sunday roast? This is the worst thing gen Z has ever done

Swapping roast potatoes and yorkshire puddings for kimchi and avocado – how can they live with themselves?

The Guardian - UK · Sep 13

The far right is becoming normalised in Germany – and winning. Australia should take heed

One Nation and the AfD may not look the same, but they are singing from the same song sheet – and both have had recent electoral success

The Guardian - AU · Sep 12

George Osborne is right – we need a closer bond with the rest of Europe

Editorial: In an exclusive interview with The Independent, the former chancellor breaks the ‘conspiracy of silence’ about a customs union with the EU

The Independent UK · Sep 12