Guardian environment writers: 'With your help, we are tackling humankind's greatest challenge'

Our team of environment writers from around the world reflects on the urgency and breadth of the climate crisis, and the role of readers in making our coverage possibleSupport Guardian journalism today, by making a single or recurring contribution, or subscribingGeorge Monbiot, columnist and author of several books on the climate crisisBefore I worked for the Guardian, I tried writing for other newspapers, in the belief I should reach the unconverted. But I gradually discovered that all of them were intensely hostile to thoughtful explorations of ecological and climate breakdown. In total, I was commissioned to write 26 articles. All but two were spiked. Eventually I realised it was impossible to cover these crucial issues properly without supportive editors. Reluctantly at first, I started writing for the Guardian in the early 1990s. Across most of this period, it has been the only paper that has consistently supported powerful writing about the gathering collapse of our life support systems. Now, with your help, it is devoting unprecedented resources to the greatest predicament humankind has ever faced. Thanks to your support, I will keep writing about every aspect of our environmental crisis, always striving to dig deeper and to understand more. Continue reading...