Countries in the Global South are buckling under the weight of used clothing being imported every year from the Global North, which put a strain on their waste management systems. It's time that fast fashion switched up their model, for the sake of both people and planet.

the Guardian

Could ‘trash fashion’ save this Nairobi neighbourhood from drowning in discarded western clothes?

A runway show in Gikomba, east Africa’s largest secondhand clothing market, has attempted to highlight the impact of mass clothing imports – an...

“Finding microplastics in preserved environments sounds an alarm.” Plastic pollution has reached even the treetops of the Amazon. We need a strong, binding #PlasticsTreaty that drastically cuts plastic production.

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“New Zealand has signalled to the world’s biggest meat and dairy producers that it’s fine to ignore methane – the largest human-made driver of warming.” Other major meat and dairy exporters could now follow, sparking a race to the bottom for climate action. Read more:

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Greenpeace responds to New Zealand’s dairy industry-backed methane rollback - Greenpeace International

New Zealand’s government has confirmed it will rewrite its climate law to weaken the country’s methane emissions target – a move Greenpeace w...

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New Zealand has just become the first country in the world to weaken the climate action targets that it had set in law. They’ve done this to allow the intensive livestock industry to pollute the climate even more without having to pay for the damage they’re doing to the planet.⁣ ⁣ And your country could be next! Ireland and Uruguay are already looking to follow suit — which could result in a devastating ‘race to the bottom’ at a time when we need more climate action, not less.⁣

“Species are like a house of cards. You can’t just take one card out of the deck and not expect the deck to crumble.” — Stuart Pimm, Professor of Conservation Ecology, Duke University

The first of Earth's ecosystems has passed a 'tipping point', a new report warns just weeks before COP30 in Brazil, with other environmental systems including the Amazon, major ocean currents and ice sheets not far behind. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03316-w

Not all heroes wear capes...https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/alternative-nobel-climate-pisfcc-9.6932259

Even butterflies are losing their colours as forests are replaced by monocultures. Without protection for native habitats, the most vibrant species could vanish. It is not too late. In forests allowed to recover, colour and life return.

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As forests are cut down, butterflies are losing their colours

The insects’ brilliant hues evolved in lush ecosystems to help them survive. Now they are becoming more muted to adapt to degraded landscapes –...