Environmental protesters have glued themselves to the glass protecting Sandro Botticelli’s Primavera which is on display at an art gallery in Florence.
Gondola trips are a traditional part of visiting Venice for those who can afford the steep tourist prices, but I went a little off-script on a recent visit and chose a different, but equally iconic,…
Five supporters of the Just Stop Oil coalition have glued themselves to a 500-year-old depiction of The Last Supper in London’s Royal Academy, the fifth time in a week that it has disrupted a major…
Arshak Makichyan made a name for himself as Russia’s ‘lone climate activist’, protesting for change in a country where oil and gas exports have propped up the country’s economy for decades.
Today I went to give a climate talk at my old high school in Geneva — and was given a masterclass in our failings. This is the story of a day that shook me up.
The climate crisis is often seen in binary terms. Precise temperature targets – limiting global heating to 1.5C or 2C – imply decisive moments of victory or loss. Headlines warn that we have only “12…
Three people claim government is breaching right to life and family life by not doing what is needed to prevent disaster
Three young people are taking legal action against the prime minister,…
Activists raised placards reading ‘betrayed by my government’ and ‘COP has failed’
Police have arrested 120 people in the past week after climate activists blocked major bridges linking central and…
Climate activists have used their bodies, rope and glue as part of ‘destructive action’ to block part of the coal supply chain in the Hunter.
Two climate activists shut down activity at the world’s…
The planet is a mess and it is easy to despair. But seeing Thunberg with other inspirational figures offers a glimpse of hope.
To quote George Harrison, it’s been a long and lonely winter. The world…
World leaders, big business and international delegations have converged on the Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow promising to tackle global heating.
But outside the closed negotiation doors,…
Lawsuit is the second major legal challenge to climate policy in New Zealand this year
A group of law students have filed a lawsuit at Wellington’s high court against New Zealand’s minister of…
As Cop26 reached halfway stage, rallies were held around the world, with actor Idris Elba among those calling for African voices to be central to public debate
Tens of thousands of protesters took…
Chanting "shame on you," activists rallied amid a heavy police presence Monday evening outside a swanky reception for world leaders and others attending the United Nations Climate Change Conference…
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…
Conference president, Alok Sharma, says countries must agree on how to tackle crisis
Alok Sharma, the president of the Cop26 climate summit, has called on global leaders to “banish ghosts of the…
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…
The company will tie executive pay to emissions reduction and eliminate deforestation through its supply chain
The chief executive of Mars, one of the world’s largest consumer products companies,…
Young people will protest in more than 1,000 locations across the world on Friday to demand faster action on the climate crisis.
Young people across the world will return to the streets this Friday…
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