Scientists Push for More Ambitious Climate Targets
Researchers say a line has been crossed. For systems like coral reefs and ice sheets, the climate is already past safe.
By Bob Berwyn
Rights of Nature
‘I Am the River’: How Indigenous Knowledge Reshaped New Zealand’s Law
By Katie Surma
In Ecuador’s Battle of Toad vs. Road, Toad Wins
By Katie Surma
Ecuador’s Voters Protect Rights of Nature, Reject Proposal to Rewrite Constitution
By Katie Surma
AI Is Decoding Whales’ Communications. Could That Be a Turning Point in the Push for Their Rights?
By Katie Surma
Ecuadorians to Vote on Constitutional Rewrite, Possibly Gutting Rights of Nature
By Katie Surma
Defending Stingless Bees in the Peruvian Amazon
By Teresa Tomassoni
How a Declaration of Ancestral Wisdom Is Changing Law, Science and Our Understanding of the World
By Katie Surma
The Scientists Making the Case for Nature’s Rights
By Katie Surma
The Colorado River Is This Tribe’s ‘Lifeblood,’ Now They Want To Give It the Same Legal Rights as a Person
By Alex Hager, KUNC
Tonga Poised to Be the First Country to Recognize Rights of Whales
By Katie Surma
Rights of Nature Defender Wins Goldman Prize for Precedent-Setting Work Protecting an Imperiled River
By Katie Surma
What Are the Rights of Nature?
By Katie Surma
The European Politician Bringing Nature Into the Halls of Power
By Katie Surma
The Rights of Nature Become a Rallying Point Against an Ascendant Mining Industry
By Katie Surma
A Court Says Coastal Marine Ecosystems Have Intrinsic Value—and Legal Rights
By Katie Surma
A River in Washington State Now Has Enforceable Legal Rights
By Katie Surma
Antarctica’s Fate Will Impact the World. Is It Time to Give The Region a Voice at Climate Talks?
By Katie Surma
