Another letter of alarm against the destructive desmantling of science in the US by the Trump administration. Now signed by over 3000 scientists to save NOAA. NOAA provides invaluable data on Earth observations and science on the liveability on our planet. ucs.org/about/news/ove…

Thank you jonathanwatts for bringing complexity, depth to Lovelock’s life. I now appreciate his scientific mind & human heart & his politics better. Tks 4 remembering women scientists too. Btw I read your “When A Billion Chinese Jump” & learned so much from it. Keep writing.

The London launch of Dom Phillips's HOW TO SAVE THE AMAZON will be on 5 June, the third anniversary of Dom's murder. Thank you to Foyles Bookshop for hosting it. Swift booking advised.

Happy birthday, David Attenborough! 99 ways he has inspired us, by 99 special people. Delighted to have helped compile this wonderful tribute! Thank you ⁦António Guterres⁩ ⁦@dr_jane_goodall⁩ ⁦Inger Andersen⁩ ⁦David Obura⁩ theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2…

Guardian Global Environment Editor jonathanwatts joins Edie Lush to speak about the Amazon rainforest, indigenous activism, and the legacy of his close friend Dom Phillips. Mon, 23 June | 6:00pm | Online Tickets: howtoacademy.com/events/a-journ…

Beautifully poignant review of Dom Phillips’ book, How to Save the Amazon, which launches this month, three years after the author was murdered alongside his friend and guide, indigenous expert Bruno Pereira. theguardian.com/books/2025/may…

Long read extract from Dom’s vivid and insightful book: A deadly mission: how Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira tried to warn the world about the Amazon’s destruction theguardian.com/world/2025/may…

‘We carry on with the sadness’: new projects honor life and legacy of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira theguardian.com/world/2025/may…

WMO: 80% chance of global heat record by 2030. For the first time in the annual five-year update, there is also a possibility of 2C. The chance is just 1% but 10 years ago, the chance of 1.5C was only 1% That is now our reality. Story by me. theguardian.com/environment/20…

Fine, thought-provoking review of The Many Lives of James Lovelock, by Ann Skea in Eclectica magazine. ‘Jonathan Watts shows there were many "mothers" necessary to the birth of [the Gaia] hypothesis...it is a group effort, a product of relationships.’ eclectica.org/v29n2/skea_wat…

Brazil to auction oil exploration rights months before hosting Cop30 theguardian.com/environment/20…

Superb profile of Curtis Yarvin, the latest show pony ‘intellectual’ of US tecno fascism. In a saner world, he would be an unsavoury curiosity. But his links to Peter Thiel’s billions and JD Vance’s vice presidential power make this an important read. newyorker.com/magazine/2025/…

‘This is a fight for life’: climate expert on tipping points, doomerism and using wealth as a shield My interview with ⁦Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they)⁩ First in a series: Tipping Points: On the edge? theguardian.com/environment/ng…

‘It’s death by a thousand cuts’: marine ecologist david obura shares his anger on the collapse of coral reefs My latest interview in the series, Tipping Points: On the Edge theguardian.com/environment/ng…

‘We are perilously close to the point of no return’: Brazilian climate scientist Carlos Nobre on the future of the Amazon rainforest. Interview with me for the third instalment of the Guardian series, Tipping Point: On the Edge. theguardian.com/environment/ng…

‘It looks more likely with each day we burn fossil fuels’: polar scientist Louise Sim on Antarctic tipping points My fourth interview for the Guardian series, Tipping Points: On the Edge. theguardian.com/environment/ng…

Brics summit in Brazil tries to reinvent collective approach to world’s problems. My column from Rio as Lula rebukes wealthy nations for retreating on climate and trade. Ominous for COP30 theguardian.com/environment/20…

Tipping Points need to be on the agenda for COP30 The possibility of sudden catastrophic change has been neglected in UN climate reports, which allows politicians to carry on with business as usual. That must change in Belém My editorial for @Sumaúma sumauma.com/en/pontos-de-n…