The idea of the frontier is contested: a border, a terra nullius, a site of struggle. In this second Issue, writers approach the idea of frontiers in the climate crisis from many perspectives, sending reports from the frontlines of extractive industries, exploring new avenues of risk and resistance, and showing, in the words of contributor Thea Riofrancos, how frontiers are “never exhausted by the economic and political imperatives that designate them as such. They exceed them.”

Adrienne Buller

John Merrick

Thea Riofrancos

Sabrina Fernandes

Jacob Bolton

Garry Lotulung

Ben Lennon

Nathan Akehurst

Ashok Kumar

Sam Meadows

Sofia Menemenlis

Omar Ferwati

Nessie Nankivell

Roisin Agnew

The BREAK—DOWN asks how politics, economics and culture both shape, and are being reshaped by, the climate and ecological crises. We publish new writing, conversations and stories from around the world that explore the urgent questions we face today, what the future might look like, and how we can reimagine it.

The BREAK—DOWN is a not-for-profit project in partnership with Common Wealth and Planet B Productions.