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Young people should play a much bigger role in shaping climate policy across the Mediterranean as the...
Last week, in a speech set priorities for the year, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has sounded...
Montpelier High School student Gabe Groveman speaks to reporters at the Statehouse on November 12, 2021. Photo...
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by Alex Garland On Thursday, November 11, more than 15 young activists, ages 7 to 15, took...
Two environmental activists from Nelson, Linn Murray and Jamie Hunter, attended the UN climate change conference COP26...
When young people express their fears to adults such as teachers, they often find that their feelings...
Since October 20, five young climate activists have gone on hunger strike in Lafayette Square in Washington....
J The Rainbow Warrior plans to travel to the Cop26 summit in Glasgow in defiance of port...
Circulars? To verify. Security agents? To verify. Sound systems? Maybe one or two more megaphones… Speeches? In...
Former US President Barack Obama attends a drive-thru campaign rally on behalf of Democratic presidential candidate and...
Young climate activist Greta Thunberg to present to Draghi and other climate leaders the list of youth...
Young climate activists, including Greta Thunberg, meet Italian Prime Minister and current G20 President Mario Draghi on...
Before the pandemic, the Vermont Youth Lobby held large protests – even hosting a youth convention at...
Hundreds of thousands of young activists took to the streets on Friday for a global climate strike,...
Pope Francis addressed a gathering of young climate activists on Wednesday, thanking them for their concern about...
Dozens of local young people gathered Friday noon at the Community Chalkboard (formerly the Free Speech Wall)...
To celebrate Climate Week, NowThis has partnered with Bank of the West to highlight the most important...
Young activists rally outside Feinstein’s Los Angeles office to demand a civilian climate corps

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Dozens of climate activists from the youth-led Sunrise movement rallied outside Senator Dianne Feinstein’s office in Los...
Youth group Encode Justice is involved in digital rights issues at all levels of government – from...
LOS ANGELES (Thomson Reuters Foundation) -Sneha Revanur, a 16-year-old Californian student, on a mission to do for...
Fridays for Future campaigners donned fake mustaches to pressure Standard Chartered to stop funding fossil fuels Armed...
Young environmentalists seek a seat at the table as decisions are made about their future as climate...
Sciales, a 24-year-old press secretary for the climate activist group Sunrise Movement, presented her vision for bold...
Protesters march towards the Utah State Capitol on March 19, 2020 in Salt Lake City as part...
It was one of the smaller-scale actions that young people around the world took on Friday to...
Young activists from over 800 cities around the world prepare for Friday’s climate strike

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After a year of relative dormancy, international youth climate strikes are back on the streets and online...
5th anniversary of the Paris climate agreement: 5 young activists share their hopes for the future

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This week marks the fifth anniversary of the Paris Climate Accord, the ambitious international agreement to tackle...
The European Court of Human Rights has ordered 33 European governments to respond to a landmark climate...
By Laurie Goring LONDON, Nov 9 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Earlier in 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic...
Over the past decade, since students at 100 universities staged protests in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street...
By Holly Young In what is being described as an unprecedented climate case, four children and two...
UN calls on young activists to advise on climate crisis and Covid-19 recovery | climate science

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Young climate activists are to advise the UN secretary-general on the climate emergency as part of a...
Why Global Citizens Should Care Global Citizen campaigns to help achieve the UN’s global goals, including Goal...
Student activists say they were asked to remove political messages from their faces before receiving a diversity...
(Image: A group of young activists protest for indigenous rights and climate action during the COP25 climate...
“We’ve been expecting you !” Jayathma Wickramanayake, the UN Youth Envoy, said welcoming the raucous crowd of...
Young people from around the world descended on Washington, DC, this week, demanding action on climate change...
Xiuhtezcatl Martinez will speak at the World Landscapes Forum New York on September 28, 2019. Find out...