CLIMATE CHANGE: ‘FLIGHT SHAMING’ IN THE AIR AS SOME CALL FOR A CHANGE IN THE WAY WE SEE AIR TRAVEL
SEBASTIEN MALO and SONIA ELKS, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report on the concept of ‘flygskam’…
ESSAY: UNDERSTANDING THE ‘GRETA EFFECT’
MAL FLETCHER, writing from London, looks at the impact of teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg and her position at the forefront of what he calls ‘Generation Edge’…
Climate movement now “too loud to handle” for Trump and critics, Greta Thunberg says
Montreal, Canada/The Hague, The NetherlandsReuters Teenage activist Greta Thunberg hit back at critics including US.President Donald Trump on Friday, saying their mockery of children shows her message has become “too loud to handle”. The 16-year-old Swede also told a huge Montreal rally that world leaders had disappointed young people with empty words and inadequate plans. […]
Teenager Thunberg angrily tells UN climate summit “you have stolen my dreams”
New York City, USReuters Teenage activist Greta Thunberg angrily denounced world leaders on Monday for failing to tackle climate change, unleashing the outrage felt by millions of her peers in the heart of the United Nations by demanding: “How dare you?” The Swedish campaigner’s brief address electrified the start of a summit aimed at mobilising […]
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 […]
Swedish teen climate activist arrives in New York by boat for UN summit
New York City, USReuters Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg sailed into New York Harbor on Wednesday in a zero-carbon emissions vessel, completing her nearly 14 day journey from England to take part in a United Nations climate summit. The 16-year-old Swedish schoolgirl, who set sail from Plymouth, England, on 14th August, was greeted by cheers, […]
Climate champion Greta Thunberg plans to set sail for Americas on zero-carbon trip
Barcelona, SpainThomson Reuters Foundation Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg is taking a year off school to pursue her campaign to curb global warming in the Americas, which she will reach by sailboat on a transatlantic voyage. She will travel from Britain to the United States, leaving in mid-August on the Malizia II, a racing boat […]
Sweden’s Thunberg demands climate action on day of global school strikes
Stockholm/BrusselsReuters Swedish teenage activist Greta Thunberg urged European politicians on Friday to focus on a climate crisis instead of “bickering”, as students walked out of classrooms around the world to back her demands for action to stop global warming. With the 28 countries of the European Union voting to choose the bloc’s next parliament this […]