Jonathan Watts

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Author of The Many Lives of James Lovelock, founder of Sumaúma.com and the Rainforest Journalism Fund. Guardian environment writer.

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A disrupted climate & diminished natural world are widening the dividing lines of ideological debate. Left unchecked, this will undermine democracy. In this column I argue it is no coincidence that more extreme politics comes at a time of more extreme weather. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Far right using climate crisis as bogeyman to frighten voters and build higher walls | Jonathan Wattswww.theguardian.com It is no coincidence that ever more extreme politics has come at a time of ever more extreme weather

What are the main UK parties promising on climate and nature, and is it enough? – podcast. Ian Sample grills Phoebe Weston and me about environmental politics in the current election campaign - and far beyond. www.theguardian.com/science/audi...

What are the main UK parties promising on climate and is it enough? – podcastwww.theguardian.com Ian Sample is joined by the global environment editor, Jon Watts, and the biodiversity reporter, Phoebe Weston, to find out what the election manifestos have to say about nature and climate, and wheth...

World’s top banks ‘greenwashing their role in destruction of the Amazon’ New report suggest environmental and social governance policies of top five fail to cover more than 70% of the rainforest. Story by me. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

World’s top banks ‘greenwashing their role in destruction of the Amazon’www.theguardian.com Institutions alleged to have given billions of dollars to oil and gas companies involved in projects that are harming the rainforests

‘Disappointing and surprising’: Why isn’t this a climate election in the UK? 400 scientists write to political parties urging ambitious action or risk making Britain and the world ‘more dangerous and insecure’ Story by me. www.theguardian.com/politics/art...

‘Disappointing and surprising’: Why isn’t this a climate election in the UK?www.theguardian.com More than 400 scientists write to political parties urging ambitious action or risk making Britain and the world ‘more dangerous and insecure’

Wishing all my China friends an unforgettable national amnesia day.

Devastating Brazil floods made twice as likely by burning of fossil fuels and trees, finds new study. Risks will double again if global warming reaches 2C. Story by me www.theguardian.com/world/articl...

Devastating Brazil floods made twice as likely by burning of fossil fuels and treeswww.theguardian.com Scientists say calamities on same scale as disaster that has killed 169 will become more common if emissions not cut

‘We want to forge ahead’: grief and defiance as Dom Phillips’ widow journeys to site of his death. Heart-wrenching story from the Vale do Javari ahead of the second anniversary of the murder of Dom and Bruno Pereira. Story by @tomphillipsin www.theguardian.com/world/articl...

‘We want to forge ahead’: grief and defiance as Dom Phillips’ widow journeys to site of his deathwww.theguardian.com The Guardian journalist and his Brazilian colleague, Bruno Pereira, were shot dead in the Amazon in 2022

Hey British voting-age friends in far-flung places! Don’t forget to register to vote! If you are not in UK, you can do a proxy or a postal vote! Deadlines: Registration (if needed) - 18 June Proxy vote online application - 26 June More details here. www.gov.uk/how-to-vote/...

How to votewww.gov.uk An overview of voting in the UK, including voting in person, postal and proxy voting, and voting if you're abroad.

More than a third of the Amazon rainforest is struggling to recover from drought, according to a new study that warns of a “critical slowing down” of this globally important ecosystem. Story by me.

Welcome to the floating world - My take on the floods in the south of Brazil, what they forebode, and why this makes it more important than ever to protect climate shock absorbers like the Amazon rainforest. sumauma.com/en/bem-vinda...

Welcome to the floating world - SUMAÚMAsumauma.com The devastating floods in southern Brazil are a taste of the ever-worsening chaos to come and a reminder of why governments must protect those who protect the forest and other pillars of climate stabi...

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