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The Ocean is Alive, but Slowly Choking

Bottom trawling turns the vast seafloor into a graveyard, plastic pollutes shores, coral reefs bleach and die in silence. But who is held accountable for the death...

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Activism Social Justice

On the Dynamics of Scale: Lessons From Local Organising

How do we keep care and solidarity at the heart of COP30? As the COP process grows, so too does its complexity. Each year, more activists, negotiators, civil society...

Ocean Health Social Justice Travel

Climate x Sports: From Fear to Flow

Pacha Light on fear, nature, and amplifying Indigenous voices in climate action. Pacha Light’s story begins in the misty cloud forests of Ecuador, where she spent the first six...

Activism Ocean Health Sports

Icarus Complex Presents Climate x Sports

This month Icarus Complex Magazine launches a new series of conversations led by writer-designer-surfer Lukas Brunner. In dialogue with athlete-environmentalists, Brunner explores how sports cultures—surfing, climbing, skiing, snowboarding—forge deep...

Agriculture Water

Pesticide-Free Farming Can Cut “Forever Chemical” Pollution

In its latest State of Water report (2024), the European Environment Agency found that more than 70% of waters across Europe are in poor chemical status due to a...

Business Energy

The Cloud Isn’t Weightless

Digital activities account for 40% of the CO2 emissions we can emit without triggering global warming. In the public’s perception, they’re backed-up in a cloud, which in reality isn’t...

Social Justice Water

Until the River Breathes

Until the River Breathes follows the contested paths of the Liesbeek River and Black River through three communities in Cape Town. As it winds through uneven landscapes, in various...

Art/Culture Resilience & Adaptation

Rethinking the Museum for Climate Extremes

When Art Jameel convened a meeting of museums based in the Middle East, they discovered that there were no guidelines on commissioning, displaying, and conserving art in extreme climate...

Biodiversity Social Justice

Palestine’s National Flower

As the national flower of the State of Palestine, the Faqqu’a Iris, a vulnerable species, stands as a living mark of a peoples’ relationship to Land – an enduring...