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El Niño adds fuel to the fire of climate catastrophe

By Isidora Durán Not a year goes by without climate scientists predicting record-breaking summer temperatures, and 2026 is no exception. Greenhouse gases are gradually warming the Earth towards catastrophic tipping points, but it is the sudden climate events intensified by this warming

Jun 8, 2026

Campaigns & Issues·Environment

What way forward in the fight against capitalist climate destruction

By Connor Rosoman & Philipp Chmel, International Socialist Alternative In the light of exacerbating climate crisis and absolute inaction of capitalist governments, the climate movement is testing out and adapting its tactics and strategies across the globe including with school occupations, blockades,

May 25, 2023

Environment·Theory & History

Review: Marx in the Anthropocene by Kohei Saito

Review: Marx in the Anthropocene: Towards the Idea of Degrowth Communism By Kohei SaitoCambridge University Press, 2023 Reviewed by Chris Stewart A new book by Japanese Marxist Kohei Saito has been an unlikely bestseller in Japan, selling more than half a million copies

Apr 19, 2023

Environment·News & Analysis

Government opposition to free public transport is pathetic and shameful

By Finghin Kelly Green Party Transport Minister, Eamon Ryan, this week presented to Cabinet the findings of a report by the consultants Ernst and Young (EY) which was commissioned by the NTA. The report amazingly recommended against the extension of free public

Mar 10, 2023

Environment·News & Analysis

Ireland’s for-profit forestry is a scandal

By Ben Samson Using two satellites named Tom and Jerry to measure the mass of Europe’s shrinking groundwater reserves, researchers from Austria’s Graz University of Technology have reported that the continent is on the verge of a catastrophic drought. This is in

Feb 1, 2023

Environment·News & Analysis

Coal companies triple profits while the planet burns

By Isidora Duran Stewart The devastating effects of the profit-driven climate crisis reached a new height in 2022, the hottest year on record for Europe and the second hottest across Asia and North America. Pakistan was hit by catastrophic floods, Ethiopia, Somalia

Jan 7, 2023

Environment·News & Analysis

What came from COP27? Hot air, fudges and meaningless agreements

By Ben Samond This year’s UN climate conference, COP27, ended just two days before the first football match kicked off in a World Cup so energy-intensive that its total emissions are set to equal those produced annually by the Democratic Republic of

Nov 30, 2022

Environment·News & Analysis

COP 27: Capitalism wants profits before a livable planet

By Bill Hopwood, Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in Canada) The deadly, and frightening, impacts of mounting climate change are clear for all to see. At the same time, the oil companies are making record profits and releases of carbon dioxide (CO2)

Nov 9, 2022

Environment·World News

China’s heatwave “the most severe ever recorded in the world”

Hong Liuxing, chinaworker.info Temperatures have risen as high as 45C degrees. Extreme heat of over 40C has been recorded for more than 70 days in a row, affecting 900m people. New Scientist magazine declared it the “the most severe ever recorded in the

Sep 13, 2022

Environment·World News

Bankrupt Pakistan faces the worst floods in its history

By Geert Cool, Left Socialist Party (our sister organisation in Belgium) Pakistan’s poverty-stricken masses face many problems. There are persistent shortages and price rises while incomes do not keep up. At the end of August, inflation stood at 45%. Public infrastructure and

Sep 1, 2022

Environment·Theory & History

Lessons from the Lucas Plan: How workers can fight against climate crisis

By Martina Gergits & Paul Gerrard We live in times of crises. The effects of the climate crisis are being felt more and more. As extreme weather events including forest fires, floods and heat waves occur with increasing regularity, showing glimpses of

Aug 23, 2022

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