Environment & Sustainability

Learn about climate change, renewable energy, and sustainable living practices. CurioAtlas brings together research and solutions shaping the future of our planet.

To fix the climate, simply empower Indigenous people (commentary)

Climate change is the defining issue of our age. While nations search for complex technological solutions at this year’s high-stakes climate meeting in the Amazon city of Belém, a simpler yet powerful answer has been waiting in the wings. I…

Jailed climate activist wins appeal against deportation from UK

Marcus Decker was served with deportation order while in prison for unveiling Just Stop Oil banner over Dartford Crossing A climate activist who served one of the longest prison sentences in modern British history for peaceful protest has won his…

‘Not good’: Ocean losing its greenness, threatening food webs

The consequences of global warming, caused mainly by burning fossil fuels, are varied and many. Now scientists have documented yet another one: The ocean is losing its “greenness.” The ocean’s chlorophyll concentration, a proxy for phytoplankton biomass, declined over the…

What does the just energy transition mean for Africa?

When two Mongabay reporters visited the village of Lukwangulo in the Democratic Republic of Congo, they encountered a reality that’s common in many parts of rural Africa: Families spend valuable time harvesting wood from forests for cooking, often their primary…