climate crisis

The Polycrisis, Worsened By War, Is Devastating Our Global Food System

April 6, 2026 Margaret Flowers, Clearing the FOG. Featured Campaign, Podcast - Clearing The FOG climate crisis, Food and Agriculture, Food Security, Inflation, Wars and Militarism

The US-Israeli war on Iran and the resultant fuel shortages are already negatively-impacting the global economy. One aspect that isn't gaining much attention is the impact of the war on an already fragile food system. Shortages and the rising prices of oil, fertilizer and pesticides are forcing farmers to make difficult choices and will lead to food scarcity this Fall. To understand where we are and what we can do to support food security, Clearing the FOG speaks with Kayla Dones of DD Geopolitics and Lauren Borsheim, a food policy analyst for Food and Water Watch who has been tracking the new Farm Bill legislation.

Modern Agriculture Is Collapsing Under Climate Change

April 6, 2026 Miacel Spotted Elk, Intercontinental Cry. Create! climate crisis, Farming, Food and Agriculture, Indigenous Knowledge, Sustainability

In the last five years, Indigenous agriculture has received attention in academia as an alternative model, though on a smaller scale, to modern farming systems. Research has shown that some traditional farming systems — such as growing maize, beans, and squash together — protect soil health, reduce biodiversity loss, and support Indigenous knowledge, known as traditional ecological knowledge. How many of these elements from traditional farming can successfully translate into larger crop production models, when little research defines their economic value, is a question Kamaljit Sangha, a researcher in ecological economics at Charles Darwin University, wanted to explore in a new study published earlier this month in the journal Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems.

Food Shock Is Inevitable Due To The Iran War

April 5, 2026 Michael LePage, Portside. Educate! climate crisis, Fertilizer, Food and Agriculture, Inflation, Wars and Militarism

Global food prices hit their highest levels on record after the 1970s energy crisis, triggered by conflict in the Middle East, once inflation is corrected for. Could we be headed for a new record – the worst food shock ever – as fuel, fertiliser and pesticide prices skyrocket because of the turmoil in Iran? Faced with soaring costs, many farmers are likely to plant less in the coming weeks, leading to shortfalls and rising food prices later this year. This is already happening, but just how bad it will get depends on many factors, from how long the war continues to how hard global warming-fuelled weather extremes hit crops this year.

China’s Coal, US CO2 Stoke Global Warming

April 5, 2026 Robert Hunziker, Counter Punch. Educate! Carbon emissions, China, Clean Energy, climate crisis, Coal, United States

Global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuels and industry totaled 38.11 billion metric tons (GtCO₂) in 2025, hitting a record high, versus 25.51 GtCO2 in 2000. Moreover, the rate of global warming more than doubled for the first time in human history, in only one decade. Scientists are stunned: The Rate of Global Warming has Accelerated More in the Past Decade Than Ever Before, LiveScience, d/d March 7, 2026. According to NASA, 97% of publishing scientists in the world agree that excessive CO2 emissions cause excessive global warming as well as aberrant climate change.

A New Wave Of Collaboration For Our Oceans

April 5, 2026 Ecosystem Restoration Communities, Resilience. Create! climate crisis, Collaboration, Community Control, Ecological Restoration

For governments, scientists, NGOs, and anyone committed to the future of coastal ecosystems, this Community of Practice offers something vital: real-world insight into how working with communities can help scale restoration efforts globally. In practice, the participating Ecosystem Restoration Communities meet regularly online and at one another’s project sites, creating space for deep learning and hands-on exchange. As the Community of Practice matures it will also open its doors to others – inviting additional practitioners to share insights, learn together, and contribute to new innovations.

As War On Iran Continues, European Climate Law Could Be At Risk

April 1, 2026 Emily Sanders, DeSmog. Educate! climate crisis, European Union (EU), Fossil Fuels, Regulations, Wars and Militarism

Major oil and gas lobby groups are leveraging energy shortages during the U.S. and Israel’s war on Iran to call on the European Union to pause its regulations on methane, a powerful climate pollutant. If successful, the delay could help pave the way for a marked expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure across the United States. Two industry groups, the International Association of Oil and Gas Producers (IOGP) and Fuels Europe, urged policymakers earlier this month to stop the next phases of the law’s implementation until “targeted adjustments” could be made.

Forests, Climate Emergency, And The Undoing Of Mastery

March 31, 2026 Pavan Muntha, Resilience. Create! Biodiversity, Carbon sequestration, climate crisis, Forests

This article develops a philosophical and ecological argument for proforestation, understood as allowing existing forests to grow into their full ecological complexity, as a response to the climate emergency. It critiques the dominant human-centred framing in proforestation and forest–climate debates, in which forests appear primarily as carbon sinks, assets, or nature-based solutions deployed to stabilize the climate for human benefit. Drawing on ecological research, the paper shows how proforestation supports rich habitats for trees, animals, fungi, bacteria, pollinators, and insects, emphasizing the importance of old-growth structures, deadwood, soil microbiomes, and mycorrhizal networks.

Degrowth And Its Future

March 2, 2026 David Bollier. Create! climate crisis, Degrowth, Sustainability, The Commons

Humanity cannot continue to expand production and consumption exponentially on a finite planet. It’s biophysically impossible. The carbon emissions are already producing more volatile weather patterns, more frequent floods, droughts, and wildfires, and disruptions of agriculture, commerce and global supply chains. And yet the US Government and respectable opinion remain in zones of denial or deflection. The Trump administration is savaging climate science, environmental regulation, and international treaties, while saner responsible adults are at least focused on energy efficiency and renewables.

How Europe’s Climate And Sustainability Rules Were Shredded

March 1, 2026 Hugh Wheelan and Raj Thamotheran, DeSmog. Educate! climate crisis, European Union (EU), Regulations, Transparency

The European Union’s package of major corporate environment and sustainability laws was years in the making — and has just been quietly gutted. A debate that reshaped corporate Europe unfolded almost entirely within Brussels policy circles. Millions of Europeans who believe climate action should be prioritised and favour greater corporate accountability never realized the regulations were under threat. This should prompt serious reflection among those of us who believe that the climate and human rights focus of the regulations was deadly serious, but that support among politicians was not.

Positive Action: Education Superheroes Climate Fresk

February 26, 2026 Extinction Rebellion, Popular Resistance. Organize! climate crisis, Education, France, Green Transition

Born in France in 2018, the Climate Fresk movement has now educated over 2.3 million people in 168 countries across the world. At its heart, it’s a collaborative workshop that gets participants thinking about the causes and effects of climate change. But for many, it’s a turning point in their lives, motivating them to set up new green initiatives in their schools, workplaces and beyond. Like Extinction Rebellion, Climate Fresk adopted its organisational model from Sweden’s Pirate Party, first codified in Rick Falkvinge’s 2013 handbook Swarmwise. He described the “swarm” structure: a light central scaffold that empowers people with shared tools, enabling an autonomous movement that scales quickly through decentralisation and initiative.

China’s Green Development Is Both Anti-Imperialist And Socialist

February 24, 2026 A. Shantha, Orinoco Tribune. Create! China, climate crisis, Green Transition, Socialism, Sovereignty

Since the turn of the century, China has been undergoing its own green industrial revolution. In 2023, China was responsible for the production of over 80% of the world’s solar panels and 60% of the world’s electric vehicles.1 China’s domestic New Energy Vehicles (NEVs) — referring to battery/pure electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, and fuel-cell electric vehicles (of which pure electric vehicles are now the most common) — make up more than 90% of sales, compared to the 50% market share held by gas-powered Chinese-branded vehicles.

The Youth Movement In A Post-Growth World

February 24, 2026 Adam Ramdani, Resilience. Strategize! climate crisis, Liberal class, Radicalism, Youth Activism

Bringing about alternatives to our capitalist growth system at the speed and scale needed is no easy task. The herculean work to develop transformative worldviews, including theories toward a steady state economy, is ongoing and increasingly cross-sectoral. At the core of this endeavor is the recognition that we cannot implement alternatives to growth capitalism without first addressing cultural and social dynamics deeply rooted in colonialism and cultural appropriation. In this context, youth movements, particularly those focusing on environmental justice, have led the way for many.

Spanish City Resurrects 3,000-Year-Old Solution To Fight Extreme Heat

February 23, 2026 Peter Yeung, Next City. Create! climate crisis, Cooling, Global heating, History, Spain, Water

A few meters below the former site of Seville’s 1992 World Expo, a promising climate experiment blending ancient technology and modern science is underway. Rows of black pipes run along the ceiling and down the bare concrete walls. These, in turn, connect to bright blue and green tubes and enormous silver pumps. In a control room to the side, an array of monitors display the heat, humidity and wind speed above. “We have deployed several types of cooling systems here, each one used depending on climatic conditions,” says Maria de la Paz Montero Gutiérrez, a researcher at the University of Seville, from down in the building’s bowels where she is helping supervise the project.

An Unsettling Climate Warning For Homeownership

February 21, 2026 Robert Hunziker, Counter Punch. Educate! climate crisis, Extreme weather, Global heating, Housing, Insurance

Earth’s climate system has suddenly shifted to a new phase of global warming acceleration that few saw coming. This ups the ante for risks of severe climate-related disaster scenarios following a record-shattering year in 2025. This directly impacts American homeownership, whether it is compatible with current U.S. energy/climate policies. “The last three years are indicative of an acceleration in the warming. They’re not consistent with the linear trend that we’ve been observing for the 50 years before that,” according to Robert Rohde, chief scientist at the Berkeley Earth monitoring group.

A Final Solution To The Human Surplus Problem

February 20, 2026 Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright, Black Agenda Report. Educate! Class Struggle, climate crisis, Environment, EPA, Human Rights, Trump Administration

President Trump’s Environmental “Protection” Agency (EPA) continues its profound and outright assault on public health and, in the process, the People(s)-Centered Human Rights (PCHRs) of U.S residents. We recently discussed the impacts of EPA’s recent decision to value human life at zero dollars, yet, the agency’s more recent decision to vacate the endangerment finding confirms that Trump’s EPA is willing to do everything in its power to prioritize corporate profits and capital over the health, safety, and welfare of the general public and especially that of poor and working class people - and Black, Brown, and Indigenous people, specifically.

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