Don’t call me ‘Greta’: Young climate activists demand to be heard
New Delhi, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation Young campaigners say they have had enough of being dubbed their country’s “Greta”, as the world’s media track every move by Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, 17, known for starting the school strike movement and berating leaders over climate change. Last week, eight-year-old Licypriya Kangujam from India’s remote northeast hit out […]
Climate champions Thunberg and Attenborough join forces to push for change
Barcelona, SpainThomson Reuters Foundation Two titan climate campaigners, Greta Thunberg and David Attenborough, joined forces on Monday to push politicians and businesses to step up action on climate change after a year in which schoolchildren took to the world’s streets in protest. Swedish teen activist Thunberg, who turns 17 this week, said 2019 had been […]
YEAR IN REVIEW: 12 STORIES THAT HELPED SHAPE SIGHT’S 2019
Sight editor DAVID ADAMS selects 12 key stories that helped shape Sight’s 2019…
Europe launches ‘Green Deal’ as Thunberg denounces climate inaction
Brussels, Belgium/Madrid, SpainReuters Europe sought on Wednesday to bolster the world’s faltering battle against climate change with its “Green Deal” to slash fossil fuel dependence, while teen activist Greta Thunberg rebuked global leaders for dragging their feet. With fires, floods and droughts ruining millions of lives around the world, the European Union’s new executive cast […]
Climate change tops list of global worries for young people, says Amnesty
Madrid, SpainThomson Reuters Foundation Four out of 10 young people view climate change as one of the most important issues facing the world, an Amnesty International survey on the state of human rights showed on Tuesday, as environmental groups said UN climate talks in Madrid were failing to respond to that concern. The Amnesty poll, […]
Activist Thunberg warns governments in Madrid that “change is coming”
Madrid, SpainReuters Teen activist Greta Thunberg took her call for bold action to tackle climate change to a UN summit in Spain on Friday, warning world leaders that a growing youth-led protest movement meant they could no longer hide. Accorded rock-star status by young environmental activists, the 16-year-old had crossed the Atlantic by boat to […]
‘People power’ piles pressure on plodding UN climate talks
Barcelona, SpainThomson Reuters Foundation As young people take to the streets around the world again on Friday urging more action to curb climate change, analysts warn that the UN climate conference taking place over the coming two weeks will likely fall short of their expectations. Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg has inspired a global movement of […]
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: AMAZONIAN BISHOPS CONDEMN ATTACKS ON RAINFOREST AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, looks back at this week’s Amazon Synod…
Flight shaming hits air travel as ‘Greta effect’ takes off
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation One in five travellers is flying less as “flight shaming” propels travellers to shun air travel for the sake of the planet, according to a survey of 6,000 Western travellers. The survey predicted environmental concerns would keep denting air traffic, as activists such as Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg lead the way and […]