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