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Why are citizens' assemblies on climate change necessary?

The UK climate assembly has just delivered its report on how to reach net-zero by 2050.

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Why is Karachi drowning and could we have prevented it?

How the largest city in Pakistan could have averted a climate crisis.

United Kingdom

Extinction Rebellion: Activists charged over printing plant blockade

Activists from Extinction Rebellion blockaded two plants that print Murdoch-owned papers saying they failed "to accurately report on the climate and ecological emergency".

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Extinction Rebellion starts new season of ‘mass rebellions’ worldwide

Activists are taking to the streets once again to demand that governments take the climate emergency seriously.

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7 young eco-activists we should be talking about

These inspiring environmental campaigners remind us we can make change at any age.

World News

Record number of land and environmental activists killed in 2019

On the frontlines of the climate crisis: environmental activists across the world are literally risking their lives to save the planet

Netherlands

Dutch city drafts remodelling plan to combat effects of climate change

The city of Arnhem has published a strategy to combat the effects of global warming, which included reducing asphalt by 10 per cent, among other measures.

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Greta Thunberg donates €1m to groups fighting the climate crisis

The Swedish teenager has won the the first Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity, which comes with €1m in prize money.

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Zac Efron looks for solutions to climate change in new Netflix series

The Hollywood actor travels round the world to highlight communities living a more sustainable way of life.

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Extinction Rebellion activists chain themselves to Finance Ministry

The protest at the Finance Ministry comes a day after the French president, Emmanuel Macron, announced €15 billion in measures to combat the climate crisis.

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France is making ecocide illegal, but what does that mean?

It will be punishable by large fines and prison time.

Germany

Euroviews. Germany needs to do more to tackle the climate crisis. It has a chance now to take the lead ǀ View

This month, it caused consternation by opening a new coal-fired power station. As it prepares to take over the EU Council presidency and chair the UN Security Council next month, could Germany finally step up and take the lead on the climate crisis?

Eco-Innovation

World's largest all-electric plane generates zero carbon emissions

The new aircraft is "disrupting the transportation industry and accelerating the electric aviation revolution.”

Green News

University course helps students face climate crisis with hope

It's easy to feel anxious about the state of the environment but this course is fighting that feeling with education.

Green News

Thousands of kids' shoes appear in London square as a form of protest

Why is London's Trafalgar Square covered in children's shoes this week?

Living

Oscar-winner Emma Thompson stars in new Extinction Rebellion film

The fictional piece considers the role of ordinary people in environmental activism.

World News

Largest-ever hole in the ozone layer above Arctic finally closes

A record-size hole in the #ozone layer above the Arctic has finally closed.

World News

'Climate change is still on, no matter what happens with coronavirus'

With a third of the world's population living in lockdown pollution levels have plummeted, but experts say it will have little effect on the climate crisis.

Green News

Greta Thunberg sets an example by self-isolating with coronavirus

The Swedish climate activist is staying at home and encouraging people to join digital climate strikes online.

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Euroviews. The EU must seize this chance to deliver a fairer and more sustainable food system ǀ View

We have been farming and fishing - and consuming - as though everything will be fine. This clearly needs to stop. We must decide upon what is necessary in order to achieve a truly sustainable food system.