10 Aug 2026The Guardian
World's seas hit hottest July temperature on record
Record July sea-surface temperatures and severe European marine heatwaves show how ocean warming can intensify drought, wildfire and wider climate risks.
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10 Aug 2026The Guardian
Movie paradise? How Malta became a magnet for big film shoots
Malta's film boom reveals how tax incentives and global production networks can diversify a small-island economy while creating local tensions over infrastructure, public space and cultural production.
8 Aug 2026The Guardian
This burning summer is the proof: climate denial is deadly
Sadiq Khan connects Europe's extreme heat, drought and wildfire season to the politics of climate action, urban adaptation and the costs of delaying resilience measures.
8 Aug 2026The Guardian
President Xi tightens his grip as global crises distract attention
An opinion analysis of how overlapping global crises may enable China to expand influence and intensify domestic control, including pressure on minority groups.
7 Aug 2026The Guardian
Global food prices hit a three-year high as heatwaves and wars raise crop costs
Rising cereal, sugar and vegetable-oil prices show how extreme heat, conflict and disrupted trade routes combine to weaken food security and increase living costs.
7 Aug 2026Visual Capitalist
How the World Views China vs. the U.S. in 2026
Global opinion data comparing views of China and the United States provides a sharp snapshot of changing soft power, influence and geopolitical alignment.
5 Aug 2026The Guardian
El Niño could push 50m people into acute hunger before end of next year
A powerful physical-human geography link: a developing El Niño threatens rainfall and harvests, adding tens of millions of people to acute food insecurity.
5 Aug 2026Reuters
Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes Halmahera, Indonesia
A fresh tectonic event for connecting earthquake magnitude and depth to hazard exposure and vulnerability in Indonesia.
4 Aug 2026The Guardian
We launched a war on nature. Now we are in a climate war zone
Extreme heat and wildfire are used to show how climate change is reshaping everyday life, seasonal risk and the meaning of summer across affected regions.
4 Aug 2026The Guardian
US government's mislabelled map of Africa at global Aids conference
A map error at a global AIDS conference becomes a wider lens on representation, global health funding, power and how Africa is understood by external decision-makers.
4 Aug 2026The Guardian
'Nobody cares': Turkish farmers bearing burden of UK's plastic waste
UK plastic exports shift pollution costs onto Turkish farming communities, linking waste trade, microplastics, environmental justice and uneven global responsibility.
4 Aug 2026ABC News
Vulnerable workers bearing the cost of providing Australia with cheap food
Australia's food supply reveals how low prices can depend on vulnerable labour, connecting migration, worker exploitation, global food systems and consumer responsibility.
3 Aug 2026Visual Capitalist
Ranked: The World's Largest Agricultural Economies
A global comparison of agricultural production value highlights the geography of food production and the uneven scale of national agricultural economies.
2 Aug 2026Visual Capitalist
Mapped: Which Income Group Is Your Country In?
The World Bank's updated income groups provide a current map of global economic inequality and a useful prompt for questioning how development is classified.
2 Aug 2026Visual Capitalist
Mapped: Countries With the Most Freshwater Per Person
Freshwater availability per person varies enormously between countries, revealing how physical supply and population size shape water-resource security.
1 Aug 2026The Guardian
Dozens injured as earthquake hits near Naples in seismic swarm
A seismic swarm near densely populated Naples provides current evidence for tectonic hazard, exposure, preparedness and risk in an urban region.
1 Aug 2026The Guardian
ECB official warns climate crisis poses growing threat to 'core financial stability'
The European Central Bank frames climate and ecosystem decline as financial-system risks, linking environmental change directly to banking, inflation and economic resilience.
1 Aug 2026Bangkok Post
The middle-income health trap
Explores why rising national income does not automatically produce resilient health systems, connecting development pathways, inequality and changing disease burdens.
31 Jul 2026Bangkok Post
Healthy diets need to be affordable
Food security is not only about calories: the affordability of nutritious diets connects income, inequality, agricultural systems and human wellbeing.
31 Jul 2026Bangkok Post
Samui yearns for investment to address water shortage
Koh Samui's water shortages show the pressure that tourism and development can place on island resources and the infrastructure needed to keep destinations resilient.
31 Jul 2026The Guardian
Ceuta border crossings put migration and European borders back in focus
Large-scale movement across the Morocco-Spain border raises questions about push-pull factors, border governance and human security.
30 Jul 2026Bangkok Post
Asean's hidden human crisis
Human trafficking and exploitation across Southeast Asia expose the regional networks behind forced movement and the need for coordinated protection and governance.
29 Jul 2026UPI
Mexico to unveil sargassum plan as crisis worsens in Caribbean
Mexico's response to worsening sargassum shows how marine change can damage beaches, tourism and coastal economies while demanding new management strategies.
29 Jul 2026Visual Capitalist
How Much Will Senior Populations Grow by 2040?
Projected growth in populations aged 65 and over highlights the uneven geography of ageing and the future implications for labour, healthcare and dependency.
28 Jul 2026Fast Company
This stunning map shows the world's electric grid in detail
A detailed global grid map makes the networks behind electricity visible, from power plants and transmission lines to storage, pipelines and data centres.
28 Jul 2026ABC News
Norway became a global salmon behemoth. Now it's facing the consequences
Norway's salmon boom links aquaculture, global food markets and coastal livelihoods to the ecological and ethical consequences of intensive fish farming.
27 Jul 2026ABC News
Leggo's, Coles and Aldi selling Chinese tomatoes as 'Australian' and 'Italian'
Forensic testing of tomato products exposes the opacity of global food supply chains and raises questions about labelling, forced-labour risk and consumer trust.
26 Jul 2026The Guardian
From the Strait of Hormuz to the North Sea, a global maritime war rages around us
Conflict around strategic seas and chokepoints demonstrates how maritime security, oil, shipping and geopolitical power are tightly connected across the global economy.
25 Jul 2026ScienceAlert
'Tremendously grave': The first US city on track to run out of water
Corpus Christi, Texas, shows how drought, industrial demand, urban growth and contested infrastructure decisions can combine into an acute water-security crisis.
23 Jul 2026International Energy Agency
World electricity demand is rising strongly in 2026
Industry, cooling, data centres and electrification are driving electricity demand, with implications for energy security and transition.
22 Jul 2026The Guardian
The world is on fire, and who does Trump blame? The Canadians
Cross-border wildfire smoke turns a climate hazard into a political issue, highlighting how environmental risks cross borders even when responsibility is contested.
21 Jul 2026The Guardian
Millions face long-term coastal flooding risk in UK without climate action
Long-term coastal flood exposure in the UK links sea-level rise to adaptation, planning, infrastructure and difficult decisions about protecting communities.
21 Jul 2026FAO
Global hunger falls again, but healthy diets remain out of reach for billions
The 2026 food-security report shows improvement alongside sharp regional disparities and the persistent problem of diet affordability.
20 Jul 2026The Guardian
Changing face of the Peloponnese: backdrop to The Odyssey braces for tourism surge
A tourism surge in Greece's Peloponnese highlights the tension between global cultural attention, local development, environmental pressure and place identity.
18 Jul 20261News
Landslide in China kills at least eight, rescuers race to find survivors
A deadly landslide in China provides a current example for examining mass movement, triggering conditions, exposure and disaster response.
17 Jul 2026Bangkok Post
Italian police raid luxury brands Bulgari and Chanel over exploitation of Chinese workers
Investigations into luxury-brand supply chains in Italy connect global consumption and corporate networks to migrant labour, worker exploitation and accountability.
16 Jul 2026UN-Habitat
The global housing crisis moves to the centre of the urban agenda
The World Cities Report 2026 provides contemporary evidence for housing insecurity, inequality and the pressures of rapid urbanisation.
14 Jul 2026The Guardian
Who is ‘stealing’ Bali’s water? How tourism siphoned off a prized resource
Bali brings the water-tourism nexus to life: scarce water, visitor demand, farming and development compete within one island system.
11 Jul 2026The Guardian
‘Spermageddon’: is the world facing a male reproductive crisis?
A wide-ranging look at declining male fertility that connects reproductive health to fertility rates, demographic change and population futures.
10 Jul 2026International Energy Agency
Strait of Hormuz disruption reshapes the global oil market
A current example of how a strategic chokepoint connects geopolitics, energy security, trade flows and global interdependence.
2 Jul 2026World Bank
Global Prosperity Gap continues to narrow, but inequality remains
New global data provides a useful starting point for evaluating progress, inequality and what economic development actually measures.
23 Jun 2026The Guardian
‘Compound shock effect’: Middle East crisis and El Niño could spell disaster in Southeast Asia
A strong synthesis of El Niño, the Strait of Hormuz, energy prices and food security showing how physical and human systems can amplify one another.
21 Jun 2026The Guardian
El Niño is back with a vengeance — and ‘Godzilla’ strength may be the least of our worries
Connects ENSO science to drought, food insecurity and famine risk, making the consequences of ocean-atmosphere change visible across human systems.
19 Jun 2026The Guardian
How the world's appetite for shrimp is destroying Ecuador's mangroves
Ecuador's rapidly expanding shrimp industry links global seafood demand to mangrove clearance, polluted estuaries and threats to coastal livelihoods.
11 Jun 2026NOAA
El Niño forms and is expected to strengthen
NOAA confirms El Niño conditions, creating a live link between ocean-atmosphere circulation, weather extremes and food security.
11 Jun 2026UNHCR
Global refugee population reaches 35.6 million
The latest Global Trends data gives students current evidence on refugees, forced displacement and changing migration patterns.
2 Jun 2026World Economic Forum
Iran war exposes the fragility of global choke points
Strategic maritime passages show how conflict can disrupt shipping, energy and supply chains far beyond the places where the crisis begins.
31 May 2026The Guardian
Falling birthrates, immigration and the search for a population solution
An argument linking low fertility and ageing populations to immigration, politics and the choices governments face when populations change.
21 May 2026NOAA
2026 Atlantic hurricane season expected to be below normal
A useful forecast for distinguishing hazard prediction from actual disaster impacts and exploring why vulnerability still matters.
23 Apr 2026Bangkok Post
Chokepoints expose the fragility of our global order
A synthesis of strategic waterways, supply chains and global interdependence that connects ocean geography directly to power and networks.
25 Mar 2026The Guardian
We’re letting big corporations gamble with our lives. Act now, or the food could run out
Uses conflict and corporate concentration to examine vulnerabilities in the global food system, supply chains and resource security.
17 Mar 2026The Guardian
How Pakistan’s people-led solar boom is easing the impact of the Middle East energy crisis
Pakistan’s rapid, decentralised solar expansion shows how households can respond to energy insecurity while accelerating a lower-carbon energy transition.
7 Feb 2026Bangkok Post
Himalayan dam, regional stakes
A water-energy nexus case connecting dams, regional power, downstream interests and the difficult trade-offs of resource development.
5 Feb 2026The Guardian
Green energy sector drove more than 90% of China’s investment growth last year
China’s green-energy boom links investment, industrial change and resource consumption to the scale and geopolitics of the global energy transition.
13 Jan 2026Bangkok Post
Coast pays the price
A Thai editorial examining pressure on the coast provides a useful prompt for evaluating coastal vulnerability, environmental stewardship and the effectiveness of management responses.
18 Dec 2025The Guardian
How climate breakdown is putting the world's food in peril — in maps and charts
A visual investigation maps how heat, drought, flooding and other climate pressures threaten major crops and food-producing regions around the world.
9 Dec 2025The Guardian
Food and fossil fuel production causing $5bn of environmental damage an hour
A resource-consumption synthesis linking food, fossil fuels, environmental costs and sustainability at a global scale.
3 Dec 2025The Guardian
Nike, Superdry and Lacoste ads banned in UK over ‘misleading’ green claims
A useful greenwashing case study showing how sustainability claims by global brands can be challenged through regulation and consumer scrutiny.
3 Dec 2025The Guardian
The environmental costs of corn: should the US change how it grows its dominant crop?
US corn production brings together food, water, energy, farming policy and environmental externalities in one resource-nexus case.
5 Sept 2025The Guardian
Public strongly backs aim of 30% of land and sea set aside for nature
Public support for the 30x30 conservation target opens discussion of biodiversity protection, marine reserves and the trade-offs involved in managing land and ocean commons.
4 Sept 2025The Guardian
How a Maldives fishing tradition is helping tuna stocks thrive
Traditional pole-and-line tuna fishing in the Maldives provides a concrete example of how food production, livelihoods and marine-resource stewardship can work together.
21 Aug 2025Bangkok Post
CP All advances human-centred sustainability at GCNT Expo
A Thailand-based corporate sustainability example that can be used to interrogate plastic reduction, social responsibility and the difference between action and greenwashing.
27 Jul 2025BBC
The rise of green tech is feeding another environmental crisis
The material demands of clean technologies reveal a central sustainability tension: decarbonisation can reduce one environmental pressure while increasing others through extraction.
17 Jul 2025The Guardian
How doughnut economics is reshaping a Swedish town
Tomelilla shows doughnut economics being applied to real local decisions, balancing social needs with environmental limits in planning and development.
13 May 2025World Food Prize
Scientist whose biological seed treatments helped make Brazil a global breadbasket named World Food Prize laureate
Mariangela Hungria's biological seed treatments provide an innovation case linking higher crop productivity with reduced chemical inputs and more sustainable food production.
3 Jan 2025Bangkok Post
Marine life under threat
A Thailand-focused view of pressure on marine life that connects fishing, ocean management and the challenge of using living resources sustainably.
11 Dec 2024The Guardian
The island on a quest to be self-sufficient in energy
El Hierro’s wind-and-hydro system is a place-based case study of renewable energy, island resource security and the practical limits of energy self-sufficiency.
10 Nov 2024The Guardian
Why Wales is at the forefront of a seaweed revolution
Seaweed harvesting and cultivation connect coastal livelihoods, aquaculture, food systems and lower-impact use of ocean resources.
8 Oct 2024The Guardian
The scandal of food waste — and how we can stop it
Food waste provides a highly accessible sustainability issue linking consumption, food security, resource efficiency and avoidable environmental impacts.
11 Sept 2024Doughnut Economics Action Lab
Hello Doughnut!
A foundational learning resource for exploring how societies can meet human needs while remaining within ecological ceilings and planetary boundaries.
15 Aug 2024The Guardian
How more tourists and a growing population are taking their toll on the Galápagos
Tourism dependency, population growth, waste, fishing and conservation collide in a particularly clear island-system synthesis.
13 May 2024The Guardian
What does progress look like on a planet at its limit?
A useful conceptual piece on redefining progress through circular and doughnut-economics thinking when conventional growth collides with planetary limits.
3 Mar 2024The Guardian
Fertility rates are falling in the rich world. But there are still plenty of people to go round
A demographic perspective on declining fertility, population structure and how population challenges are framed in wealthier countries.
18 Feb 2024HaRDstories
Why Thailand’s beaches are being replaced with concrete
A Thailand-based synthesis of coastal erosion, sea-wall responses, tourism and the competing interests involved in coastal management.
7 Feb 2024Thai Examiner
Thailand in crisis as population declines by over 500k
A local case study of low fertility and population decline, useful for evaluating demographic transition, ageing and Thailand’s future workforce.
31 Jan 2024The Guardian
Extraction of raw materials to rise by 60% by 2060, says UN report
Connects rising material consumption to development, environmental pressure, climate goals and the sustainability of future resource use.
26 Jan 2024The New York Times
Panama Canal drought slows cargo traffic
Drought at a global shipping chokepoint connects climate variability, water scarcity, trade networks and economic vulnerability.
24 Jan 2024The Guardian
In Iceland, we got used to enjoying our ‘Disney volcanoes’. Now the threat is real
Iceland connects volcanic hazard, risk perception, tourism and resilience as spectacular landscapes become an immediate threat to communities.
13 Dec 2023The Guardian
Mangroves — and mitigation — lost in Fiji’s tourism development
Shows the tension between tourism development and mangrove protection, connecting livelihoods, coastal management and climate resilience.
20 Nov 2023The Guardian
Climate crisis wipes out a way of life in Taiwan’s mountains
Extreme rain, landslides, flooding and crop losses show how climate hazards cascade through food production and mountain livelihoods.
24 Oct 2023BBC
World shift to clean energy is unstoppable, IEA report says
The IEA's World Energy Outlook 2023 describes accelerating solar, wind, electric-vehicle and heat-pump adoption while stressing the need for faster climate action.
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