Population growth is as concerning as overconsumption Letter: Robin Maynard reponds to an article by George Monbiot The Guardian - UK · Dec 17, 2025
The facts are stark: Europe must open the door to migrants, or face its own extinction These are the facts: plummeting birth rates mean that without attracting immigration, many countries are sliding towards collapse, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2025
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot The Guardian - UK · Dec 5, 2025
‘We can tell farmers the problems’: experts say seismic waves can check soil health and boost yields ‘Soilsmology’ aims to map world’s soils and help avert famine, says not-for-profit co-founded by George Monbiot The Guardian - UK · Dec 5, 2025
Hello, foreign oligarchs and corporations! Please come and sue the UK for billions The case of a planned Cumbrian coalmine shows how governments around the world are being threatened by litigation in shadowy offshore courts, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot The Guardian - UK · Dec 1, 2025
Developing nations need climate justice, not debt Letters: Countries that contributed least to historical emissions don’t seek charity but fairness, writes Nirbhay Rana. Plus, a letter by John Green The Guardian - UK · Nov 24, 2025
There’s a catastrophic black hole in our climate data – and it’s a gift to deniers Climate sceptics tell us that more people die of extreme cold than extreme heat. What’s the truth? asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot The Guardian - UK · Nov 21, 2025
Is ‘imagination activism’ the antidote to climate doom we’ve been looking for? A new exhibition in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, asks, what if the most radical climate tool isn't technology, but the ability to dream? Euronews · Nov 18, 2025
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot The Guardian - UK · Nov 14, 2025
Would a written constitution save Britain from the far right? Letters: Readers respond to George Monbiot’s article calling for a constitution to guard against the rise of Reform UK and autocracy The Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2025
We must act now: without a written constitution, Reform UK will have carte blanche to toxify our nation It means breaking with hundreds of years of tradition, but it can’t wait. As hard-right figures spread division and laud autocrats, a fail-safe is vital, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot The Guardian - UK · Oct 23, 2025
Wage war on nature to build new homes: that’s Labour’s offer, but it’s a con trick The government’s new planning bill is tearing down environmental protections to benefit developers. This nation of nature lovers won’t stand for it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2025
Here’s what you need to know about Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs: they would have killed the Labour party at birth The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot The Guardian - UK · Oct 13, 2025
The false economy of reduced public services Letters: Jeremy Cross says disjointed policies are trapping people in poverty and isolation, while Monica Hall considers the cost of potholes. Plus letters from Derrick Joad and Colin Burke The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2025 It hurt when I crashed my bike into a pothole – and it taught me the true price of austerity Fixing that hole could have cost under £100; the cost of not doing so is limitless. My prang highlights the neoliberal folly of false economies, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2025 Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here Consider the annihilation of agricultural land alongside the genocide – and grasp the chilling totality of this attempt to eliminate all life, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
The Guardian - UK · Sep 20, 2025 I have now been a journalist for 40 years. The forces ranged against my profession have never been so powerful Once, I believed that humanity’s problem was an information deficit. Now, I know you can’t speak truth to power if power controls your words, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
The Guardian - UK · Sep 11, 2025 Warning! The rightwing junktanks behind the Tories’ worst disasters still have the keys to No 10 Who is running the government’s ‘growth school’ for civil servants? The answer surpassed my worst fears, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
The Guardian - UK · Sep 10, 2025 Zack Polanski’s victory brings hope for a new kind of politics Letters: Readers respond to articles on the election of the new Green party leader
The Guardian - UK · Sep 5, 2025 Send in your questions for the Guardian’s climate assembly panel We would like to hear your questions about the climate crisis and we will put a selection of them to our panel
The Guardian - UK · Sep 3, 2025 Labour has succeeded only in strengthening Farage. The way is now open for Zack Polanski’s Greens By caving to the hard right and corporate greed, Labour has left a gaping hole the new Green party leader is best placed to fill, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
The Guardian - UK · Aug 28, 2025 Bluefin tuna are miraculously returning to UK shores – only to be tormented for ‘sport’ A tournament in Cornwall will pit anglers against these magnificent creatures, as part of a rising trend for so-called ‘sportfishing’, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
The Guardian - UK · Jul 30, 2025 I went out to challenge the law used to ban Palestine Action. Would I be arrested too? Around the country, peaceful protesters see their actions as the legitimate exercise of free speech. The police often disagree – and that’s a problem for our democracy, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
The Guardian - UK · Jul 23, 2025 Want to import toxic chemicals into Britain with scant scrutiny? Labour says: go right ahead Jacob Rees-Mogg’s Tory fantasy of a post-Brexit bonfire of regulations is coming true. Our bodies and ecosystems will pay the price, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
The Guardian - UK · Jul 17, 2025 High water bills, filthy rivers – and now drought. This is England’s great artificial water crisis of 2025 In its refusal to nationalise water, it’s clear the government operates in the interests of private capital and not of the country, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot