Follow Ocean Day events at the climate summit in Glasgow for day five
Day five (and with it the first week at Cop26) is winding down in Scotland. Still, events are only just getting started.…
COP President Alok Sharma urges ministers to consider youth priorities in COP negotiations and national climate action
Young climate leaders join ministers and senior figures in Glasgow
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A video of Greta Thunberg leaving a meeting on improving the integrity of the voluntary carbon market has appeared from Cop26. As the climate activist leaves, Thunburg tells those in attendance to '…
Activists escalated protests against “greenwash” and the carbon market “scam” as UN envoy Mark Carney touted a private finance climate pledge.
There is an ideological battle going at Cop26 and it’s…
Australia’s policy at Cop26 is weak and unacceptable. It doesn’t give me any sense of hope
Iam 15 years old, and like so many young people across the world, I came to climate activism through…
Accompanied by songs, stories and a stash of lentils, a group trekked from London, connecting with their faith, the countryside and the people they met along the way.
While most delegates deliberate…
Climate activist Greta Thunberg had some choice words for the world leaders inside the Cop26 conference in Glasgow. Joined by some of the many activists rallying around the climate change meeting,…
Nakate is a Ugandan climate-justice activist and founder of the Rise Up Movement. Thunberg is a Swedish climate activist and co-founder of the Fridays for Future movement.
Dear media editors around…
Questions raised over purpose of prosecuting peaceful protesters after light sentences for activists who targeted climate-change sceptics.
Prosecutors are under growing pressure to drop cases…
Five young people argue 2030 emissions target fails to uphold the rights of young Australians
Five young Australians, including members of First Nations and disability communities, have lodged three…
In the run-up to the global summit in Glasgow, we revisit families with children – now teenagers – born at the time of the 2009 climate conference.
They are entering their teenage years and aspire…
Lance Lau Hin-yi is an 11-year-old Hong Kong schoolboy who has spent nearly every Friday standing outside the gate of his school before class, raising awareness about climate change.
He says he…
Children’s rights body rejects landmark case by group of activists including Greta Thunberg
A group of youth activists say they have been spurred to fight even harder after their landmark case…
The protest comes a day after Joe Biden appeared ready to settle for a smaller environmental proposal ahead of the COP26 summit.
With little more than sun hats, placards and folding chairs, five…
As world leaders prepare for the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow in November, soaring gas prices in Europe have exposed the continent’s deep dependence on fossil fuels. Young climate activists in…
Protesters are calling on government to stop Cambo oil field going ahead.
Climate activists have disrupted traffic near Downing Street to protest against plans for a new oil field in Scotland.…
Young climate activists have denounced Italian police for temporarily detaining delegates who protested peacefully inside their Milan conference before Italian Premier Mario Draghi’s speech
Young…
Speaking at a Fridays for Future march in Milan, the environmental activist lambasted ministers for their inaction over the climate emergency.
Thunberg has been in Italy's financial capital to…