Out of school, in the dictionary: ‘Climate strike’ declared ‘word of the year’
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation With climate protests surging around the world, Collins Dictionary has declared ‘climate strike’ its 2019 ‘word of the year’, noting the term’s use has soared 100 times higher than in previous years. The Glasgow-based company bases its choice on an annual search of websites, newspapers, magazines and social media to see […]
ESSAY: PEOPLE OF FAITH KNOW WHAT MUST BE DONE ON CLIMATE CHANGE
Writing in the US context in an article first published by Religion News Service, Rev JOHN L MCCULLOUGH, CEO of Church World Service, and RUDELMAR BUENO DE FARIA, general secretary of the ACT Alliance, write about why they are advocating for “comprehensive action” at this week’s UN Climate Summit…
“This is our future” say students, as climate protests sweep globe
Sydney, Australia/Brussels, Belgium/Berlin, Germany, Stockholm, SwedenReuters Hundreds of thousands of students and workers left their schools, colleges and offices on Friday and marched along city streets around the globe to demand that world leaders take urgent action to avert an environmental catastrophe. The global climate strike, inspired by 16-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, kicked off […]
Millions of young people, led by Sweden’s Thunberg, to strike for climate action
New YorkReuters With world leaders about to gather in New York for a UN Climate Action Summit next week, millions of young people from Australia to Iceland will take off from school or work on Friday to demand urgent measures to stop environmental catastrophe. Protests, inspired by the 16-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, are planned […]