Where the old institutions have failed, insurgent global citizens must now defend the climate directly and preserve the public trust for generations to come.
A Nonviolent Insurgency for Climate Protection
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Environment
COP19 Summit: Still Rich v. Poor
Once again the rich industrialized countries fail to live up to their historic responsibility for climate change.
Surviving Climate Change: Towards a Climate Revolution
Is a green energy revolution on the global agenda?
Responding to Haiyan: A Typhoon Tax
We need a national climate response to match the scale of the Philippines typhoon and the extreme weather happening in other parts of the world.
The Undead and Us
Zombies speak to our perennial anxieties about war, pandemics, and globalization.
Typhoon Haiyan Leads the Storm Arms Race
Like nuclear weapons, storms such as Typhoon Haiyan need their own disarmament treaty.
Hello Warsaw, This Is Haiyan Calling
The super typhoon that just hit the Philippines should be a wake-up call for climate-change negotiators in Warsaw.
South Korea: Ground Zero for Food Sovereignty and Community Resilience
South Korea may be better known for its high-tech exports, but its small farmers are leading the way when it comes to food sovereignty and community agriculture.
GMO Wars: The Global Battlefield
This article is a joint publication of Foreign Policy In Focus and TheNation.com. The GMO wars escalated earlier this month when the 2013 World Food Prize was awarded to three chemical company executives, including Monsanto executive vice president and chief...
The World Without U.S.
In his 2007 bestseller, The World Without Us, journalist Alan Weisman describes a planet that regenerates itself after the disappearance of human beings. Skyscrapers crumble and bridges collapse into rivers, but the primeval forests take over and the buffalo return to...