Damien Gayle

Lebanon's minister for the environment has accused Israel's military of committing “an act of ecocide” in the foreword to a report detailing the harm done to the country's natural resources during the invasion of 2023 to 2024.

A KCL study has found that exposure during the first trimester of pregnancy delayed speech development

Glyphosate is currently sprayed on cereal and pulse crops to dessicate them and make them easier to harvest

It is the most extracted solid material on Earth – but this extraction can threaten ecosystems and livelihoods

Malé is one of the world's most overcrowded cities, but it faces double pressure. As well as a growing population, the capital of the Maldives is also threatened by rising sea levels.

Greenpeace finds cocktail of pesticides including seven banned in EU may have been used on seven vegetables and soft fruit categories

It is a beautiful early summer Sunday afternoon and you have stopped for a pub lunch.

The operation began at 9am Moscow time, but took place across all of Russia's 11 time zones.

Authorities are cracking down on rights activists fighting for Indigenous people threatened by authoritarianism, extractivism and climate breakdown

Around the world, urban development and industry is using sand at a rate of 50bn tonnes a year, a figure that is expected to grow. But a new UN report warns that sand is being extracted faster than it can be replenished, and that this is threatening livelihoods, ecosystems and the very structure of the natural world.