Curated Perspectives

Who should pay for damage associated with climate change – and who should be compensated?

The making of a conservationist Prime Minister

Read about environmentalist Indira Gandhi, third Prime Minister of India.

Just 5 questions: Community initiatives against climate change

Communicating climate change: Focus on the framing, not just the facts

Africa’s mammals may not be able to keep up with the pace of climate change

Rights and conservation

For indigenous communities, fish mean much more than food

Indigenous peoples rely intensively on seafood for their existence as distinct peoples.

How the Grand Canyon changed our ideas of natural beauty

Setting aside half the Earth for ‘rewilding’: the ethical dimension

EO Wilson's moral argument for restoring biodiversity Earth.

Global Warming Impacts: The consequences of climate change are already here

An X-factor in coastal flooding

Natural climate patterns create hot spots of rapid sea level rise.

Solving the puzzle of sea-level rise by reexamining the past

New tool may assist US regional sea level planning

Explainer: how do you measure a sea’s level, anyway?

Rising sea swamps island along Bengal coast

The UN is slowly warming to the task of protecting World Heritage sites from climate change

UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee has issued its strongest decision yet about climate change, acknowledging the worldwide threat posed to many World Heritage properties.

After Svalbard

Why safety of world seed vaults is crucial to future food security.

Seeking answers on climate change

Scientists venture into the vaults of the past.

Climate Change and Archaeology

On the Chilkoot Trail in Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park.

Why heritage should be used to interpret the past and forge the future

Cultural heritage can offer new narratives.