Climate justice
Court blocks Polish coal plant, in win for climate campaigners
Client Earth successfully challenged the Ostrołęka C project on behalf of shareholders, arguing it was a bad financial bet as renewables become competitive
164 land defenders murdered in 2018, Global Witness reports
The Philippines overtook Brazil as the most dangerous place for activists and indigenous communities, according to the human rights watchdog
Families appeal EU court dismissal of ‘People’s Climate Case’
Plaintiffs including a Portuguese forester and Swedish indigenous reindeer herder argue inadequate climate action threatens their human rights
‘Revolutionise the world’: UN chief calls for youth to lead on climate
Use social media and political organising to ‘force’ older generation to confront climate crisis, says António Guterres
After an MP grabbed a climate protester, young Brits will never vote for these Tories
Minister Mark Field’s violence proves we need politicians that take our calls for a safe future seriously, writes climate striker Cate Davies
I am a denier. A human extinction denier
The rhetoric of extinction and emergency does not adequately describe the situation we find ourselves in and is counter-productive
Children made climate an election issue. Now we’ll target banks that fuel fossils
The EU election showed voters have heard the school strikers’ call for action. But will the public institutions that finance coal, oil and gas projects also listen?
The best images from school strikes around the world
From Uganda to Italy to the Philippines and seemingly everywhere in between, photos and videos of young climate protesters flood in
‘This is bigger’: Palestinian and Israeli teens strike together for the climate
At a climate march in Jerusalem, students put hatred aside to tell the government that nothing matters more than a safe climate
Why school strikers are guest editing Climate Home News
It’s time we heard more from those who will live longest with the climate crisis
Until Russia allows us to rise together, I will strike for the climate alone
Unapproved protests of more than one person are illegal, so Arshak Makichyan has picketed solo in Pushkin Square for months to call for climate action
European court throws out climate lawsuit, saying plaintiffs are not unique
Ten families and the Swedish Saami people are set to appeal the judicial order, which found their rights were no more threatened than other individuals
We, the climate generation, demand the G7 set an example
Young people will bear the brunt of your inaction, we need the ministers of the largest economies to lead
Climate emergency declarations spread across UK after Extinction Rebellion
Scotland, Wales and many councils have adopted the language of climate urgency, now Labour is pushing the national government to follow suit
Mozambique ‘faces climate debt trap’ as Cyclone Kenneth follows Idai
A loan from International Monetary Fund allows the African country to rebuild from climate-linked disaster – but drives the poor into debt, campaigners warn
‘We’re not Occupy’: Extinction Rebellion to leave London roadblocks
After nearly two weeks holding roads across the capital, the climate protesters apologised to commuters but said their action had been a success
The Paris Agreement always needed Extinction Rebellion and Greta Thunberg
Even as governments agreed the ambitious goals of the 2015 global pact, it was clear citizens would have to mobilise to hold them to their promises
Extinction Rebellion proposal inspired by Irish climate, abortion breakthroughs
The protest group wants a citizens’ assembly in the UK, following an Irish model that led to new political settlements on previously divisive issues
Leading climate lawyer arrested after gluing herself to Shell headquarters
Breaking the law has become more important than making the law, said Farhana Yamin, who charged through a police cordon outside the oil company on Tuesday
As climate fight enters new phase, local responses are starved of funding
Global, one-size-fits-all solutions work for cutting emissions, but adapting to warming requires an altogether different approach