Russia must pay for environmental damage in Ukraine, international group says
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukraine should seek reparations from Russia for environmental costs such as contamination by land mines, a group of international figures including climate activist Greta Thunberg and European politicians said in a report on Friday. The recommendations, intended for both Ukraine and the international community, include establishing a high-level body to oversee the […]
“Girls’ education is a climate solution”: Malala Yousafzai joins climate protest
Stockholm, SwedenReuters The fight against climate change is also a fight for the right to education of girls, millions of whom lose access to schools due to climate-related events, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai told Reuters on Friday. Yousafzai was speaking outside the Swedish parliament where she joined environmental campaigners Greta Thunberg and Vanessa […]
Explainer: How does the Nobel Peace Prize work?
Oslo, NorwayReuters The winner of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on 8th October in Oslo. Here is a look at how the award works: Who can win?The prize should go to the person “who has done the most or best to advance fellowship among nations, the abolition or reduction of standing armies, […]
Pope Francis encourages young climate activists to build dialogue
Vatican CityRNS In a message to young people attending an event in Italy on the environmental crisis, Pope Francis encouraged activists to promote human relationships and environmental protections by overcoming divisions. “There must be harmony between people – men and women – and the environment,” the Pope said in his recorded message at the Youth4Climate […]
World leaders out of excuses on climate change, Thunberg, youth activists say
Johannesburg, South AfricaReuters The world’s children cannot afford more empty promises at this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), youth activists including Greta Thunberg said, after a UN report found virtually no child will escape the impact of global warming. In the first index of its kind, published on Friday, UN children’s agency UNICEF […]
World can bring pandemic under control within months – WHO chief
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters The world can bring the global COVID-19 pandemic under control in the coming months provided it distributes the necessary resources fairly, the head of the World Health Organization told a news briefing on Monday. Global climate change activist Greta Thunberg, joining the briefing as a virtual guest from Sweden, took a swipe at […]
Navalny, WHO and Thunberg among nominees for Nobel Peace Prize
Oslo, NorwayReuters Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, the World Health Organization and climate campaigner Greta Thunberg are among those nominated for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, all backed by Norwegian lawmakers who have a track record of picking the winner. Thousands of people, from members of parliaments worldwide to former winners, are eligible to propose candidates. […]
Greta Thunberg’s generation most likely to believe climate change is a crisis: poll
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg’s generation cares more about the climate than her parents’ and grandparents’, the biggest survey ever on global warming found, confirming what many people already suspected. Released on Wednesday, the poll organised by Oxford University and the United Nations used pop-up surveys on online games like Angry Birds to […]
Meaningless or sensible? Net zero by 2050 divides climate community
Barcelona, SpainThomson Reuters Foundation When the European Commission unveiled a draft law this week that would make binding a target to cut the bloc’s planet-warming emissions to “net zero” by 2050, it exposed a sharp divide among supporters of climate action. While that increasingly popular goal might sound ambitious, young activists, including Greta Thunberg, have […]
EU unveils climate law, Thunberg calls it “surrender”
Brussels, BelgiumReuters The European Commission unveiled a “climate law” on Wednesday to make the EU’s 2050 net zero emissions target legally binding, but Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and NGOs said more urgent action was needed to beat the climate crisis. The European Union’s executive approved the proposed regulation at a meeting attended by Thunberg. European […]