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Iran's only Asiatic cheetah cub in captivity, Pirouz, lies down at the Pardisan Park in Tehran, Iran, 2022. The conservationists were working to track Asiatic cheetahs.

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Teenage dreams: Meet the next generation of climate activists

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IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION

In this episode of the Road to Green, Euronews reporter Cyril Fourneris travels to Catalonia, Spain, to meet the civilians doing their part for the environment and encouraging others to do the same.

02/04/2024

Citizens against climate change: Every little action helps

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IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Climate activists Olivia Mandle and Francisco Vera share their perspectives with Euronews.

02/04/2024

Russian political activist in Armenia

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Russian campaigns against Putin from Armenia mountains

Yuri Alekseyev believes he would ended up in prison for a long time if he had stayed in Russia.

14/03/2024

Activists wearing traditional Sami outfits sit in protest outside the entrance of Statkraft, a state-owned company that operates 80 of the wind turbines at Fosen.

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Norway and Sami people end dispute over giant onshore wind farm

The wind farm fought against by Greta Thunberg will keep operating with compensation paid to Sami reindeer herders.

07/03/2024

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Tourists looking at The Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain in England.

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Plans to build traffic tunnel at Stonehenge to go ahead

Campaigners have lost a High Court challenge against renewed plans to build a road tunnel under one of the UK's oldest monuments.

20/02/2024

Police officers carry away an activist of the 'Letzte Generation' during a climate protest in Berlin, 31 October 2023.

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German climate activists will no longer glue themselves to streets

Last Generation says its tactics will remain ‘unignorable’ with more direct confrontation of polluters.

30/01/2024

FILE - Journalists walk past Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa during a visit of the Louvre museum Tuesday, June 23, 2020.

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Activists throw soup at Mona Lisa painting in Louvre Museum

The group "Food Riposte" claimed responsibility for the 'art attack' and said the French government is breaking its climate commitments.

28/01/2024

On 11 March, the team will embark on a 250-day hike around the entirety of the Baltic Sea.

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Activists to hike 5,500 km to highlight Baltic Sea’s ‘critical state’

The Baltic Sea is one of the five most polluted seas in the world.

23/01/2024

Climate change communicator and policymaker David Saddington at the 2024 World Economic Forum.

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Meet the UK youth climate activist turned government insider

David Saddington shares his unique perspective on climate action and youth access at the World Economic Forum.

19/01/2024

Artwork from the single, 'We Tried'.

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This ‘anthem for doomed youth’ could be the UK’s Christmas number one

The single has gained backing from Victoria Mary Clarke, the widow of ‘Fairytale of New York’ singer Shane MacGowan.

21/12/2023

Susan Sarandon apologizes for comments about Jews at rally

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The actress says she regrets “diminishing” the long history of antisemitism in remarks at a rally last month, which led her agents to drop her.

04/12/2023

Activists in front of court as final debates begin in Hong Kong's largest security trial

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The biggest prosecution yet is underway in Hong Kong taking pro-democracy activists to trial

Some of Hong Kong’s best-known pro-democracy activists went on trial Monday in the biggest prosecution yet under a law imposed by China’s ruling Communist Party to crush dissent.

29/11/2023

A man looks at a swollen River Beas following heavy rains in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh, India.

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What would a successful COP28 look like and is it still possible?

Loss and Damage, equitable representation, justice and concrete action are top of the agenda for many attending COP28.

28/11/2023

A silent protest for climate justice and human rights at COP27 last year in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt.

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COP28: Activists fear surveillance and arrests at Dubai climate summit

Assurances about the ability to "peacefully assemble" and the promise of "inclusive" negotiations, are not enough to reassure activists.

24/11/2023

Environmental activist Greta Thunberg is taken away by police officers during the Oily Money Out protest outside the Intercontinental Hostel in London, October 2023

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Euroviews. Will we allow peaceful marches to be classified as a crime?

From Germany and Sweden to the UK earlier this month, Greta Thunberg has now been prosecuted in a hat-trick of countries in 2023. Her court cases are indicative of governments increasingly cracking down on the right to protest, Barney Cullum writes.

23/11/2023

Activists from the group Just Stop Oil hold banners as they slow the traffic, marching on a road, in the financial district of the City of London.

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Tough sentences for climate protesters ‘entirely right’, says UK PM

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has hit back at criticism from the United Nations over harsh sentences for climate protesters.

21/11/2023

Climate activist Greta Thunberg is interrupted after expressing solidarity with the Palestinians in Amsterdam, Netherlands, 12 November 2023.

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How are climate activists responding to the Israel-Hamas war?

Various climate groups have marched in solidarity with Palestine - though some are divided on how to address the conflict.

13/11/2023

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Why is Shell suing Greenpeace for €2 million?

The environmental group says it is 'one of the biggest legal threats' in history against its ability to campaign.

09/11/2023

Original artwork by street artist duo LeDiesis

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How Europe's street artists are reacting to the Israel-Hamas war

From murals and mosaics to digital paintings and political posters, Euronews Culture looks at how street artists across Europe are reacting to the war between Israel and Hamas.

04/11/2023

Activists take part in an a non-violent action at a BMW showroom in October last year.

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Judge sentencing scientists calls climate crisis ‘greatest challenge’

Members of Scientist Rebellion took part in three days of action against multinational investment company BlackRock, car manufacturer BMW and the German government.

26/10/2023