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21 11 2020 | 12:11

Young Climate Leaders Launch Mock COP26 To Push for Climate Ambition

The official 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) to discuss the international response to the climate crisis has been delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic. But young people aren't letting that…

19 11 2020 | 09:54

We Are Not All In The Same Boat.

COP26 Coalition releases statement signed by over 100 international civil society organisations which urges caution over government climate rhetoric and demands action which truly addresses the…

19 11 2020 | 09:11

Greta Thunberg launches veiled attack on Trump for not conceding election to Joe Biden.

‘It becomes clearer and clearer that it doesn’t seem to end with giving up on empathy, equality, facts and science,’ says Ms Thunberg. Greta Thunberg has launched thinly-veiled criticism of Donald …

27 10 2020 | 09:20

South African environmental activist shot dead in her home.

Fikile Ntshangase was involved in legal dispute over extension of coalmine in KwaZulu-Natal. A South African environmental activist who opposed the extension of a coalmine near her home has been…

26 10 2020 | 10:28

Climate crisis: Extinction Rebellion blockades gates at Ineos refinery after government data shows firm is major source of pollutants.

‘We are here to expose the climate destruction that Ineos is causing,’ activists say. Extinction Rebellion activists have blockaded the gates of Ineos’s Grangemouth oil refinery, after government…

24 10 2020 | 11:47

This s*** is going to kill us’: Harrison Ford slams leaders who make climate change a ‘divisive issue’.

‘Vote to save nature. Vote to save your children’s future. Vote as if your life depends on it,’ Ford says  Harrison Ford has called on voters to back leaders who will move to tackle the climate…

24 10 2020 | 11:35

Gabby Greta talking climate change doll.

“HOW DARE YOU!  You sit there talking about economic growth when we are on the verge of mass extinction! I should be back in school across the ocean in Sweden playing with my “Adorable Adolf” doll.…

16 10 2020 | 10:14

Global Climate Campaigners Want Public Banks to Fund Just Recovery and Green Transition.

Amid the Global Week of Action for Debt Cancellation and one month ahead of the Finance in Common Summit, climate justice advocates on Monday urged public banks around the world to treat government…

14 10 2020 | 07:58

Greta Thunberg: ‘Only people like me dare ask tough questions on climate’

The activist discusses a new film that follows her life and the role autism played in her journey from troubled child to eco champion.

14 10 2020 | 07:21

Climate Crisis Activist Greta Thunberg Endorses Biden in Rare Political Tweet.

Climate emergency activist Greta Thunberg on Saturday endorsed Democrat Joe Biden, urging climate voters to make their voices heard in the U.S. presidential election.

27 09 2020 | 08:50

Student Climate Protesters Urge Their Universities to Go Carbon Neutral.

As West coast wildfires color the skies dystopian red and orange and an aggressive hurricane season batters the U.S. Gulf coast, college students are demanding their schools take bold action to…

27 09 2020 | 08:45

Children urged to strike against lack of action on climate emergency.

Schoolchildren to protest on Friday in first such action since coronavirus pandemic struck. Schoolchildren around the world are being urged to go on strike to protest against a lack of action on the…

15 09 2020 | 10:13

Portuguese Youth Activists Sue 33 Countries Over Climate Crisis.

In what is being described as an unprecedented climate case, four children and two young adults from Portugal have filed a complaint at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg against 33…

15 09 2020 | 09:48

Boris Johnson accuses Extinction Rebellion of trying to limit public access to news.

National papers missing from some newsagents after protesters blockading Murdoch-owned print sites. The prime minister, Boris Johnson, has accused Extinction Rebellion of seeking “to limit the…

15 09 2020 | 09:28

More than 600 arrests made at Extinction Rebellion protests in London.

Climate campaigners stage a range of public events over five days despite Covid restrictions. More than 600 people have been arrested during five days of climate crisis protests in central London,…

09 09 2020 | 11:42

Greta Thunberg: don't dump climate crisis on children to fix.

World political leaders must step up on the environment, activist tells Venice film festival showing of documentary about her. The Swedish activist Greta Thunberg has called for more action to be…

09 09 2020 | 11:18

Jane Fonda: ‘If Greta Thunberg can do it, so can I’.

In an exclusive extract from her new book, the actor recalls the beginnings of her climate crisis protests outside the White House. uring Labor Day weekend in 2019, I was in Big Sur with my pals…

07 09 2020 | 10:46

Police arrest dozens of Extinction Rebellion protesters in London.

Roads blocked near Parliament Square as group begins 10 days of UK-wide climate action. Thousands of Extinction Rebellion protesters have descended on Parliament Square in London leading to at least…

07 09 2020 | 10:39

Extinction Rebellion to block streets in London, Manchester and Cardiff.

XR plans protests next week as activists call on MPs to back a climate emergency bill. Extinction Rebellion plan to block streets in London, Manchester and Cardiff next week as they call on MPs to…

07 09 2020 | 09:30

Meet the 'Women Warriors' Protecting the Amazon Forest.

On an early December morning last year in the state of Maranhão, Brazil, half a dozen members of the Indigenous Guajajara people packed their bags with food, maps and drone equipment to get ready for…