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.

Ahead of the crucial Glasgow climate meeting, emerging economies are opposing joint action towards a net zero world by 2050. But in the wake of new research, their framing of climate justice is no longer tenable. By Anthony Burke.

The civil society climate movement and climate vulnerable states are at odds over whether the Glasgow meeting of the Paris Agreement should be postponed. As the time left to act runs out, we highlight the creative demands put to COP26 by climate vulnerable countries.