2025 Climate Film Festival: Cinema as a Catalyst for Global Climate Action at Climate Week NYC
Scarlet Red Magazine proudly supports the 2025 Climate Film Festival during Climate Week NYC, celebrating the power of film to inspire global climate action and advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals through bold storytelling, emotional connection, and transformative encounters with voices from around the world.
Why Climate Denial Still Persists — And Why It Matters When Time Is Running Out
Climate denial is not born from ignorance but from decades of deliberate lobbying, misinformation, and delay — and with the clock ticking, exposing these tactics is critical to securing a livable future.
Blazes of the Boreal: Canada’s 2025 Wildfire Crisis — Climate, Communities, and Survival
Canada’s 2025 wildfires have scorched over 8 million hectares, with smoke reaching Europe, devastating communities, wildlife, and forests as climate change fuels longer, more destructive fire seasons.
The Carbon Conundrum: How Much Can Nature and Technology Absorb?
While nature soaks up about half of our carbon emissions through oceans, forests, and soils, the remaining half stays in the atmosphere — and human-made technologies, though promising, can only play a tiny supporting role, making emission cuts and ecosystem protection our most powerful climate solutions.
The Rare Orange Shark of Costa Rica: Nature’s Reminder That Wonder Still Exists
The rare sighting of an orange nurse shark off Costa Rica in August 2025 reminds us that nature still holds surprises — and that each discovery is also a reflection of the pressures our oceans face from climate change and human impact.
From Comments to Consequences: Why Action, Not Just Opinions, Will Shape the Planet’s Future
In a world where most people say they care about climate change but far fewer take meaningful action, the future of our planet depends on whether we choose to stay part of the 95% who comment — or the 5% who truly act.
Geneva Breakdown: How the Global Plastics Treaty Collapsed – And Why We Can’t Let Hope Die
The collapse of the Global Plastics Treaty talks in Geneva is a painful setback, but it also reminds us that the fight against plastic pollution is bigger than politics — it’s about people, planet, and the urgent need to rise stronger together.
Clean Electricity Crosses 40%: A Global Tipping Point or Just the Beginning?
Global clean electricity has surpassed 40% of power generation for the first time in 2025, marking a historic energy transition driven by renewables and nuclear—yet fossil fuels, emissions, and lobbying still threaten climate progress.
How Creatives Can Help ‘Save the Planet’ by Transforming the Way We Talk About It
Saving our planet is no longer just a scientific challenge—it’s a storytelling one, and the creative community holds the key to turning climate knowledge into action through bold, emotional, and unforgettable communication.
When the Ocean’s Giants Fall Silent: The Disappearing Song of the Blue Whale
When the largest creature ever to live on Earth begins to fall silent, it is not just an oceanic mystery — it is a warning to all of humanity.
The Cry of the Kiwi Is Back in Wellington — After 150 Years
After 150 years, the haunting call of the kiwi has returned to Wellington’s wild hills — thanks to a groundbreaking community conservation project where locals, iwi, and schoolchildren have joined forces to bring this iconic bird back to life.
For the Love of Exploration: Rekindling Our Bond with the Living Planet
Exploring the great outdoors isn’t just a journey across landscapes — it’s a journey back to ourselves, and to the living planet we call home.
Toxic Platforms, Broken Planet: Global Survey Reveals Digital Harassment of Climate Defenders
A groundbreaking new survey by Global Witness reveals that over 90% of land and environmental defenders worldwide face online abuse — mostly on Meta-owned platforms — highlighting a growing digital threat that’s silencing frontline climate activism.
Why Climate Defenders Are Under Fire — And Why They Deserve Our Applause, Not Our Attacks
Attacking climate defenders isn’t just unjust — it’s choosing denial over possibility, and pollution over a planet that still has a chance to thrive.
Breaking the Loop: Escaping the Polarising Grip of Algorithmic Media
If outrage drives clicks and algorithms reward division, how do we reclaim our attention — and amplify the voices working to heal, not harm, the world?
The U.S. on a Human Rights Watchlist: What Happens When Power Turns Against the People?
For the first time in modern history, the United States has been placed on a global human rights watchlist — not for defending democracy, but for dismantling it from within.
Climate Finance: Who Controls the Money Meant to Save the Planet?
Despite global financial assets nearing $480 trillion, climate finance amounts to just $1.3 trillion annually—less than one-fifth of fossil fuel subsidies—highlighting a critical imbalance that hinders urgent climate action and equitable sustainable development.
Sky Ladders and Soul Dreams: What Happens When We Dare to Imagine a Better World
When we dare to imagine beyond what is, we begin to build the sky ladders our world so urgently needs — bridges between beauty, belief, and the bold transformation demanded by the Sustainable Development Goals
World’s Highest Court Rules Climate Inaction is Illegal: A Legal Tipping Point for the Planet
On July 23, 2025, the International Court of Justice delivered a historic legal opinion declaring that states have binding obligations under international law to prevent climate harm — marking a seismic shift in the global fight for climate justice.
Climate Action Isn’t Just for the 1% — It’s for the 100%. It’s for Everyone. And Here’s Why That Matters Now More Than Ever
Climate action isn’t a niche cause for the 1% — it’s a collective survival story for the 100%, and whether you know it or not, you're already in it