Laura Bullon-Cassis, Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID)
Since the major demonstrations organised in Madrid (COP25) and Glasgow (COP26), young people seem to have less and less of a voice at the UN’s major climate conferences. Why?
A Defend Our Juries protest in London, February 2024.
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Trudi Warner was initially accused of contempt of court for holding a sign outside the trial of a climate protester.
A protester holds a placard with a photo of late US airman Aaron Bushnell, who died after setting himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington DC.
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Not all activists are in the media spotlight, but they’re crucial to promoting action to slow climate change.
Comedian Chuck Nice and his daughter crack jokes in a video about a serious topic: climate change.
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Shannon Gibson, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
With international climate talks failing to make progress fast enough, activists are radically rethinking how to be most effective in the streets, political arenas and courtrooms.
Environmental philosopher Andreas Malm has described Sainte-Soline as an “avant-gardist struggle”.
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Protests against massive water reservoirs and new skiing infrastructure are some of the events in 2023 that have thrust climate adaptation politics into the limelight. Here’s why it matters.
We must shift the narrative from portraying women solely as “victims” of the climate crisis to actively involving them in addressing environmental issues.
A villager carries a branch as a wildfire approaches Zambujeiro village in Cascais, west of Lisbon, in July.
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In a momentous case, young EU citizens will seek to draw among a range of principles from human rights, such as that of effectiveness, to arm-twist governments into impactful climate action.
Eviction aftermath in Lutzerath, early 2023.
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When people work together, they can move governments to action. Just ask the suffragettes. Still, few people do it. A psychologist explains why, and how to turn that around.