Greta Thunberg

'It's not like in the West where there is a lot more understanding of climate change and therefore more support from family, school and the media for youth activists. It's much harder here.' NAIROBI…

Survey comes alongside separate research showing surge in support for UK's net zero target Greta Thunberg may not be a scientist herself, but her passionate calls for world leaders to "listen to the…

An offer to plant trees to offset carbon emissions isn’t a solution – it’s a licence to continue with business as usual

We’re living in a real life experiment of ‘wealth gone wild’ and it’s destroying our planet. As the Davos conference came to an end, the jet flying plutocrats seemed to unite around a new climate…

It was not long ago that, if you wanted to reduce the impact of your consumer choices on the environment, your only option was to use your own shopping bag. These days, the eco-minded shopper is…

Global emissions of carbon dioxide remain on course to rise above 1.5°C despite clear and present risks. How can business and government work together to accelerate the fast and far-reaching changes…

Teen activist Greta Thunberg has hosted a press conference to stress the importance of how climate change is affecting people in Africa. One of those taking part was Vanessa Nakate, a Ugandan at the…

Climate advocate Vanessa Nakate calls out racism after she is removed from image taken with her white peers in Davos Social media users have come out in support of Ugandan climate advocate Vanessa…

US President Donald Trump has decried climate "prophets of doom" in a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where sustainability is the main theme. He called for a rejection of "predictions…

This year’s Annual Meeting featured a wider array of climate heroes than ever before.  Helping bring about systemic change to return our planet to a sustainable path. There was an unprecedented…

Greta Thunberg is the sixteen year old Swedish girl who a year ago began a lone school strike for climate action, spending every Friday striking from school as a form of protest. Owing to her…

Averting catastrophe would be the best business decision to emerge from the economic forum in its 50 years of existence.

This decade was likely the hottest on record. As it comes to a close and another begins, one glaring question is: Can the world make up for this lost time?

Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe (CNN)Torrents of water once thundered over the precipice at Victoria Falls, on the border of Zimbabwe and Zambia, shrouding the area in mist.

António Guterres, the United Nations secretary general, contrasted the “leadership” and “mobilisation” shown by the world’s youth on the climate emergency with the lack of action by governments,…

Until recently, for most people, climate change was firmly in the realm of the hypothetical.

Thunberg: ‘My message to the Americans is the same as to everyone – to unite behind the science and to act on the science’ As Greta Thunberg departs the US to sail across the Atlantic for the second…

NGOs report fourfold increases in investments in carbon-reducing projects in developing countries. Growing concern about the climate crisis and the “Greta Thunberg effect” are driving huge increases…

Scientists’ warnings about climate change have intensified over the past 12 months. Will world leaders finally listen? One year ago, the international scientific community could hardly have expected…

On September 23, the United Nations opened its Climate Action Summit here in New York, three days after the Global Climate Strike, led by Greta Thunberg, swept through thousands of cities worldwide.