Nafeez M Ahmed

The crisis of civilisation is an unprecedented opportunity

Converging climate, energy, and economic crises signal the potential to transition to a prosperous post-carbon era

Syria: Deciphering the Propaganda War over the Ghouta Massacre

The politicised debate over the realities of last month's chemical attack in Ghouta is a further manifestation of a propaganda war - being fought on all sides and for competing national and geopolitical interests - that shows scant regard for the human cost of the conflict

Climate change to have double impact - study

New research shows traditional IPCC models could be underestimating global warming due to feedbacks

Why the jury's still out on the risk of Arctic methane catastrophe

Can scientists overcome huge uncertainties to pin down how close, or far, we might be to a tipping point?

Syria intervention plan fueled by oil interests, not chemical weapon concern

Massacres of civilians are being exploited for narrow geopolitical competition to control Mideast oil, gas pipelines

At the root of Egyptian rage is a deepening resource crisis

How Resource Shortages Sparked Egypt's Months-Long Crisis

The country has battled water shortages, rising food prices, and declining oil production, and it's fueling the current conflict

Seven facts you need to know about the Arctic methane timebomb

Dismissals of catastrophic methane danger ignore robust science in favour of outdated mythology of climate safety

Will climate change trigger endless war?

If we don't change prevailing business-as-usual political economies, probably - but we can still say 'no' and mean it

Arctic methane catastrophe scenario is based on new empirical observations

Critics of new Nature paper on costs of Arctic warming ignore latest science on permafrost methane at everyone's peril

Year 2050: is the Royal Baby destined to be a radical ecowarrior?

The Duke and Duchess' little Prince will grow up on a planet that might be unrecognisable by adulthood, lest we change course

Arctic methane catastrophe scenario is based on new empirical observations

Critics of new Nature paper on costs of Arctic warming ignore latest science on permafrost methane at everyone's peril.....

Ice-free Arctic in two years heralds methane catastrophe – scientist

Professor Peter Wadhams, co-author of new Nature paper on costs of Arctic warming, explains the danger of inaction

Peak oil lives, but will kill the economy

Hype around peak oil's demise is premature, though you wouldn't know that if you believed BBC misrepresentations

Economists forecast the end of growth

Unlimited GDP growth is over as we enter a new age of resource scarcity - we must transition to a new economy

James Hansen: Fossil fuel addiction could trigger runaway global warming

Without full decarbonisation by 2030, our global emissions pathway guarantees new era of catastrophic climate change

Egypt's new age of unrest is a taste of things to come

Mass street protests are symptom of unsustainability of IMF model in the face of environmental and energy challenges

The coming nuclear energy crunch

Impending global uranium supply gap heralds end of cheap uranium, future of 'involuntary phase-outs, blackouts and worse'

Obama's fracked-up climate strategy will guarantee global warming disaster

Fatally flawed energy policies and inadequate emissions pledges cannot prevent dangerous climate change

Shale gas won't stop peak oil, but could create an economic crisis

Overinflated industry claims could pull the rug out from optimistic growth forecasts within just five years

If you want to change the world, you have to get your hands dirty

New documentary Grasp The Nettle shows how state inaction on climate change fosters direct action on society's margins

Peak soil: industrial civilisation is on the verge of eating itself

New research on land, oil, bees and climate change points to imminent global food crisis without urgent action

Pentagon bracing for public dissent over climate and energy shocks

NSA Prism is motivated in part by fears that environmentally-linked disasters could spur anti-government activism

MI5 Woolwich failure due to geopolitical alliance with Islamist extremists

The strange British reluctance to prosecute banned group Al Muhajiroun activists despite their support for al-Qaeda terrorism seems inexplicable. But is it?