Environmental protesters have glued themselves to the glass protecting Sandro Botticelli’s Primavera which is on display at an art gallery in Florence.
A group of Gen Z activists is targeting gas-guzzling vehicles as frustration mounts over US inaction on the climate crisis
by Oliver Milman with photographs by Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet
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…
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany, June 27 (Reuters) - Climate campaigners criticised G7 leaders on Monday for making no concrete promises on global warming at a summit dominated by discussion of…
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.
It was a stunning, grisly act. A man, a climate activist and Buddhist, had set himself on fire on the steps of the US supreme court. He sat upright and didn’t immediately scream despite the agony.…
Peter Kalmus was among a group of scientists who chained themselves to a JPMorgan Chase building in Los Angeles in protest of the bank’s financing of fossil fuels. Tap to watch the video
Climate activists have let down tyres on luxury SUVs in the city of Zurich in Switzerland and in The Hague in the Netherlands.
Tyre Extinguishers, a loose affiliation of direct action advocates that…
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,…
Official projectionists hit back with animations and ‘go away’ after activists beam climate slogans
A “projection fight” broke out at the Cop26 venue in Glasgow, which resulted in official…
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,…
Exclusive: Greta Thunberg among young people filing legal suit for climate crisis to be declared a global level 3 emergency
Greta Thunberg and youth climate activists from around the world are…
Tens of thousands of people have braved the wet and windy conditions in Glasgow to take part in the biggest mass protest of the COP26 summit.
A huge column of activists made its way from Kelvingrove…
Coalition aims to give voice to ideas and solutions it believes are largely absent from the Cop talks
A counter climate summit kicks off in Glasgow on Sunday amid mounting criticism from activists…
People on almost every continent gathered for marches and rallies on Saturday to mark a Global Day for Climate Justice, halfway through the Glasgow climate change summit. Activists in the Philippines…
Pupils will be recognised for their efforts to protect the environment in a new Duke of Edinburgh-style award.
It is one of a series of measures aimed at putting climate change at the heart 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…
Little Amal, a 3.5m puppet of a 10-year-old Syrian refugee, will visit the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference COP26 from 9 to 11 November. This follows her completion of The Walk, a 4…