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Nature

Why Indigenous communities must be centre of biodiversity policies

Despite making up only 5% of the global population, Indigenous people protect 80% of the planet's remaining biodiversity. Yet they only have legal rights to half of their land.

Climate

COP26: Five takeaways as climate protests go global on Day 6

Nature was the theme of the Day at COP26. But the action unfolded well beyond Glasgow, with climate protests taking place across the world from Sydney to Paris.

Climate

Ice on the edge of survival: How global warming is changing the Arctic

Discussions at COP26 in Glasgow this month will also concern the fate of the Arctic region. If the Greenland ice sheet melts, sea levels will rise by 7 metres globally.

Climate

COP26 latest: Climate protests go global

Today the action does not just unfold in Glasgow but across continents as COP26 climate protests go global. Follow them live on this page.

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Climate

COP26: Five takeaways as youth activists claim centre stage on day 5

Youth and public engagement was the theme of the day and young people made their voices heard both inside and outside the summit.

Climate

COP26: Meet the youth climate activists demanding immediate action

Youth climate activists have taken to the streets of Glasgow urging world leaders at COP26 to take immediate action on the climate crisis.

Green News

Vanessa Nakate: 'The Global South is not on the front page'

Vanessa Nakate talks being erased from a movement and how the climate crisis is ravaging Africa.

Green News

COP26 is a PR event to fight for the status quo, says Greta Thunberg

The young Swedish activist spoke with urgency, attacking the climate conference itself on the Youth Stage at COP26 today, alongside Ugandan activist Vanessa Nakate.

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Ocean Rebellion protest against industrial fishing

Climate activists from the Ocean Rebellion group rallied against destructive industrial fishing practices Thursday near the U.N. climate summit venue in Glasgow

Poland

Polish minister in Prague in bid to defuse Turów coal mine dispute

Poland is the second-biggest user of coal in Europe after Germany.

Conscious Travel

We're changing how we decide which stories to report on Travel

Our Managing Editor brings you an announcement following a declaration announced at COP26 yesterday.

World News

Euroviews. Don't sideline fish and the ocean at COP26 | View

Healthy seas have played second fiddle to carbon counting for too long at official negotiations. They should be front and centre, argue scientists Emma Cavan, Erica M Ferrer and Rashid Sumaila

Green News

Euroviews. Faces of COP26: Meet the Brazilian activist fighting for forests

'Nature is also a parent of me'. Gaby Baesse has spent their whole life standing up for the environment.

Living

World Mental Health Day: Eco anxiety can fuel powerful climate action

A new online movement led by young women in the UK is helping others to feel less alone with their eco anxiety.

Green News

'Waste age': Art explores the devastating impact of what we throw away

From fashion to food, electronics to construction, even packaging – designers have found the lost value in our rubbish and imagined a future of clean materials that could lead us out of the 'Waste Age'.

World News

Euroviews. EU climate measures must not leave the vulnerable behind | View

Marginalised groups like the Roma people are disproportionately affected by climate change. They have to be included in the response, not harmed by it, writes the Open Society Foundations' Zeljko Jovanovic

Climate

COP26 latest: Thunberg slams summit as 'failure' at Glasgow march

Thousands of young people take to the streets in Glasgow as COP26 marks Youth and Public Empowerment Day. Follow our live updates here.

Tech News

‘Staggering scale’ of climate misinformation on Facebook revealed

Activists say Facebook is failing to act on climate misinformation on its platform - and is even benefiting financially from placing climate misinformation on its paid advertising platform.

Climate

Warm water: How climate change is affecting the Baltic Sea

In this episode, Save the Sea looks at the impact of climate change in the Baltic Sea.

Climate

Rising sea levels pose a risk to cities like New York, says expert

Professor Anders Levermann explains why rising sea levels caused by climate change pose such a risk.