Earth system state shifts that could tip the planet into chaos are getting closer. James Dyke and David Armstrong McKay showcase a major new report.

The Anthropocene heralds a new age of anxiety. Existentialist thinking can help us navigate its survival and justice challenges, writes Dahlia Simangan.

Re-examining international law assumptions about the natural world is not mere theoretical speculation, write Usha Natarajan and Julia Dehm. It is an urgent step to address pressing environmental challenges.

In a new book Giada Giacomini argues for a paradigm shift in international law to better protect Indigenous peoples and their lands. Humankind lives, she says, on an existential continuum with other natural elements.

The 5Oth anniversary of the 1972 UN Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment was commemorated at a major summit this June, but it had no significant outcomes. Frank Biermann asks if this is the end of major environmental summitry.

The new IPCC report on climate impacts and vulnerability is an urgent call for action. As climate disaster accelerates, we need new treaties on coal, forests & oil. By Anthony Burke