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18-year-old launches climate strike from Arctic ice cap

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Extinction Rebellion activists block one of Warsaw's main streets

Approximately 300 Extinction Rebellion demonstrators block an avenue in the centre of the Polish capital before being evacuated by the police.

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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 begins fresh series of UK climate protests

Protests calling for more action to tackle climate change returned to London's streets on Tuesday.

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Watch: Extinction Rebellion protesters march to UK parliament

The marches on Tuesday kicked off 10 days of demonstrations across central London as part of the movement's ongoing campaign to highlight climate change.

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Watch: Greta Thunberg calls for climate leaders after Merkel meeting

Ahead of the meeting in Berlin, Thunberg and three other youth climate activists warned that "the world is still in a state of climate crisis denial".

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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

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

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Oscar-winner Emma Thompson stars in new Extinction Rebellion film

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

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Protests over climate change continue in Berlin

In Berlin, activists on Friday collected thousands of protest banners and posters, and placed them in key locations around the government district of the German capital

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Why the 50th anniversary of Earth Day is more important than ever

Campaigners say the current situation could become the "new normal" if we don't take action on the climate crisis.

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Environmental activism gets a digital makeover amid coronavirus crisis

Organisers of global environmental celebration, Earth Day, are asking people to stay at home and join in online.

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One thousand march in Brussels for Youth for Climate

Around a thousand demonstrators took to the streets of Brussels on Friday at the call of Youth for Climate Belgium to raise their climate concerns.