We need to ‘stop designing for yesterday’ because today, as a result of not considering our impact, our planet is in trouble.

World's food supply under 'severe threat' from loss of biodiversity
The Guardian, February 2019

More than quarter of world’s land could become arid
The Independent, January 2018

Insect populations have declined by 75% over 3 decades
CNN, October 2017

‘Catastrophic’ decline in France’s bird populations
The Smithsonian, March 2018

More than a quarter of UK mammals face extinction
BBC, October 2019

'Alarming' extinction threat to Europe's trees
BBC, September 2019

Global warming causing ocean 'emergency'
BBC, September 2019

Why soil damage could lead to 'runaway' climate change
BBC, April 2019

Permafrost melts at levels not expected until 2090
The Independent, June 2019

UK's 10 warmest years all occurred since 2002
BBC, 31 July 2019

Only 60 years of farming left if soil degradation continues
Scientific American, December 4 2017

Pollution-related deaths exceed 9m per year
Financial Times, October 2017

Climate change heatwaves will also kill healthy people
The Guardian, August 2017

Pacific’s plastic waste zone is twice as large as France
The Times, March 2018

HSBC warns resources that sustain life running out
Business insider, August 2018

Antarctica Has Lost Nearly 3 Trillion Tonnes of Ice Since 1992
Newsweek, June 2018

Biodiversity crisis is about to put humanity at risk, UN scientists to warn
The Guardian, May 2019

The U.K. Has Officially Declared a Climate 'Emergency'
Time, May 2019

The last time our climate was this bad there were trees growing at the South Pole, scientists reveal
indy100, April 2019

Climate & economic risks threaten systemic collapse
The Guardian, February 12 2018

This is a crisis: Facing up to the age of environmental breakdown
Institute for Public Policy Research, February 12 2018

Oceans Absorbed Equivalent of an Atomic Bomb Per Second Over Past 150 Years
Weather.com, January 8 2019

World's oceans warmest since records began as climate change accelerates rate of heating
The Telegraph, January 2020

UK fund giant warns on climate catastrophe
BBC, April 2019

Single-use plastics a serious climate change hazard, study warns

The Guardian, May 2019

Plastic pollution to weigh 1.3 billion tonnes by 2040
BBC, July 2020

High microplastic concentration found on ocean floor
BBC, May 2020

Planet is 'way off track' in dealing with climate change
USA Today, March 2020

BoE's Carney warns of bankruptcy for firms that ignore climate change
Reuters, 1 August 2019

Revealed: microplastic pollution is raining down on city dwellers
The Guardian, December 2019

Car tyres are a major source of ocean microplastics
The Guardian, July 2020

Insect populations declined by up to 80% over two decades
The Guardian, February 2020

Where have all the insects gone?
Science Magazine, May 2017

Insect population and species decline a 'wake-up call', scientists say
ABC, February 2019

Terrestrial insects are declining approximately 9% per decade
Wikipedia

Scientists warn of 'ecological Armageddon and a collapse of the food chain' as study finds flying insect numbers have plunged up to 80% in 30 years
Daily Mail, October 2017

David Attenborough: 'The collapse of our civilizations is on the horizon'
CNN, December 2018

Millions of babies are breathing in toxic air
Yahoo News, December 2017

Millions of British children breathing toxic air
The Guardian, June 2018

Hundreds of temperature records broken over summer - Nearly 400 records across 29 countries
BBC, October 2019

'Permanently wet' forests burn for first time
ABC News, 27 November 2019

Global fossil fuel output set to swamp Paris climate goals
ABC News, November 2019

Plant extinction 'bad news for all species'
BBC, June 2019

Climate change impacts 'accelerating'
BBC, March 2019

Mass wildlife loss caused by human consumption
BBC, October 2018

Whale that died off Thailand had eaten 80 plastic bags
BBC, June 2018

Seven charts that explain the plastic pollution problem
BBC, December 2017

We’ve known for a long time

First calculations of human-induced climate change: 1896
Professor Arvid Högbom, geologist

“Greenhouse effect” identified: 1972
John Stanley Sawyer, meteorologist

Exxon knew fossil fuels warm the climate IN July 1977
EXXON SENIOR scientist James Black, reported in Scientific american

NASA told US congress the climate is warming IN June 1988
NASA scientist James Hansen, reported in Scientific american 

Kyoto Protocol SIGNED IN 1998 by 192 nations
(but not the USA)

What we knew when about global warming
The Monthly, August 2018