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A woman takes part in a Global Climate Strike 'Fridays For Future' protest in Madrid last September.

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Environmentalist movement Extinction Rebellion is leading a week-long campaign in the UK targeting the global insurance industry.

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Residents embrace each other after a forest fire - made deadlier by climate change - reached their neighbourhood in Vina del Mar, Chile, 3 February 2024.

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How to talk to climate dismissives, according to a psychologist

Many people are victims of their own emotional response to the climate crisis, rather than villains, writes Jessica Kleczka.

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Can Rafal Trzaskowski - pictured here in 2018 - help Warsaw achieve its climate goals?

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Can Warsaw become climate neutral by 2050?

The mayor of Poland’s capital, Rafał Trzaskowski, has ambitious goals for climate neutrality in Warsaw

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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.

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A farmer drives his tractor on a highway, near Agen, southwestern France, 27 January 2024.

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Why are French farmers putting Paris 'under siege'?

Thousands of police have been deployed to guard a fresh food market and airports in the French capital.

29/01/2024

"This text is toothless," Thunberg told Reuters outside Sweden's parliament during a protest on Friday.

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Greta Thunberg calls COP28 climate deal a 'stab in the back'

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18/12/2023

Islene Facanha, of Portugal, participates in a demonstration dressed with images of wildfires at the COP28 UN Climate Summit, 8 December in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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COP28: What is happening on day 9 of the UN climate conference?

The biggest march for climate justice at COP is taking place today, as negotiations on the Global Stocktake resume.

09/12/2023

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Brussels, my love? EU states juggle their interests with climate goals

In this edition of Brussels, my love?, we discuss rumours to keep the financial sector out of corporate sustainability regulations and examine the EU’s proposals to combat child abuse online.

18/11/2023

Climate activist Greta Thunberg walks outside Westminster Magistrates' Court in London, Britain, 15 November 2023.

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Date set for Greta Thunberg’s London trial over climate protest

Fossil Free London campaigners say the charges are part of a wider government crackdown on the right to protest.

15/11/2023

An activist from the group Just Stop Oil is arrested by police officers as they slow the traffic, marching on a road, in London, 30 October 2023.

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Over 60 Just Stop Oil activists arrested for blocking London road

The UK is following in other European countries footsteps with new powers to break up the climate group's slow marches.

31/10/2023

Climate campaigners in Poland are demanding a just transition from coal. Their banner reads “People over Profit.”

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EU Policy. Can Poland’s new government wean the country off coal?

On International Day of Climate Action, we look at how young activists played a major role in ousting Poland’s ‘anti-climate’ party.

24/10/2023

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Why did a nun rugby tackle an environmental activist in France?

A long running dispute between a religious order and ecologists in France turned physical this week as local police call for calm.

19/10/2023

A police officer speaks to Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg moments before she was arrested outside the InterContinental London Park Lane.

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Greta Thunberg charged after protesting London oil conference

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18/10/2023

Protesters hold slogans as they join the global march to end fossil fuel on 15 September 2023, in Quezon city, Philippines.

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Global climate strike: What’s happening this weekend?

Climate protests will hit hundreds of cities this weekend for the Global Fight to End Fossil Fuels.

15/09/2023

Five years since the movement started by Swedish activist Greta Thunberg began, Europe's researchers discuss the Global Climate Strike.

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Global Climate Strikes turn 5: Have protests turned into progress?

In the lead up to this year’s Global Climate Strike, Europe’s climate researchers share the changes they have seen.

15/09/2023

Sultan Al Jaber, chief executive of the UAE's Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and president of this year's COP28 climate talks.

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Activists will be allowed to protest ‘peacefully’ at COP28, says UAE

Campaigners vow they will resist any attempts to curtail civil society participation at the UN climate summit in Dubai this year.

02/08/2023

Climate activist Greta Thunberg waits for a hearing in a court in Malmo, Sweden on Monday.

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Greta Thunberg receives fine over climate protest in Sweden

She told Swedish media that she will not be appealing the verdict.

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Police officers talk to the Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg in Malmo, Sweden, 19 June 2023.

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Greta Thunberg charged with disobeying police order at Swedish protest

The Swedish climate activist has been charged with disobeying law enforcement.

06/07/2023

A Just Stop Oil protester sits on Court 18 on day three of the Wimbledon tennis championships in London.

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Just Stop Oil protesters storm Wimbledon court and throw confetti

Two protesters in their 60s stormed a Wimbledon court to demand the UK government halts all new licences and consents for oil, gas and coal.

05/07/2023

England's Johnny Bairstow carries a Just Stop Oil protester off the pitch during day one of the second Ashes Test cricket match at Lord's Cricket Ground, London, England.

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Cricketer carries Just Stop Oil protester off Lord's Cricket Ground

The environmental group has accused the industry of being hypocritical and "trying to promote a clean image".

29/06/2023