Dialogue Earth

A multitude of factors, nosediving public opinion in the UK among them, has defenestrated another leader. But Keir Starmer’s resignation on Monday holds lessons on some of the key environmental issues of our times for other leaders, and those who would influence them.

The prime minister of one of the world’s largest economies announced on 22 June that he would stand...

On a humid Thursday morning, the Ramathibodi Poison Center in Bangkok thrums with activity. Four staff members field roughly 130 emergency hotline calls every day. By 11am, they have already answered 42. Some callers are worried they’ve consumed something toxic. Others are medical students seeking advice on treating overdose patients. But every day, several physicians call fr...

Across the world, Indigenous Peoples are confronting pressures old and new – shrinking civic space, armed conflict, renewed militarisation and the accelerating race for minerals needed for the energy transition, much of which is mined on their lands. The

Until 2024, the football club of Barrancabermeja, a medium-sized city in central Colombia, was called Alianza Petrolera FC. Its nicknames included the Oilmen and the Refiners. The club rebranded to Alianza FC that year, dropping references to oil.

Barrancabermeja, however, retains its deep connection to black gold. For more than 100 years it has been home to the big...

Summer is the season of amaltas in Delhi. The yellow-flowering trees, also known as Indian laburnum, burst into bloom as temperatures climb. They offer a gentle reminder that even amid relentless urban expansion, air pollution and shrinking green spaces, nature persists.

It also reveals itself in many other ways in the city: a peepal tree growing through a ...