Regardless of the outcomes of COP26, imaginations have already revolted.
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The long-awaited ruling by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child is as groundbreaking as it is disappointing. Where to next for young climate activists?
Teenagers directly affected by fracking have voiced disappointment at the political process. They’re looking for other ways to make their voices heard
Telling girls to smile pressures distracts them from the very real, dangerous and sometimes deadly challenges that girls around the world face.
It’s clear that when girls and young women are at the forefront of major social justice movements, the old structures of patriarchy and misogyny can be challenged and hopefully dismantled.
A new study documents the influence of Greta Thunberg on the public’s motivation to act on climate change.
A new documentary follows a group of young Australian climate activists, loosely weaving their fresh protests with historical events. It’s powerful, if a little too polite.
What might the past offer us at this moment, and how will future generations reflect on this year? How will this present become the future’s past?
State governments, councils, researchers and entrepreneurs are slowing our slide to disaster – but they need others to step up.
A new Greta Thunberg biopic has drawn criticism from those who don’t see the value in the stories of young lives. But children’s voices matter — and Thunberg’s is potent.
Activists can broaden the purview of green recovery plans and highlight issues of climate justice.
Two years since Greta Thunberg’s first school strike, young environmentalists around the globe aren’t trying to save the world. They are building a better one.
The Swedish ‘flight shame’ campaign was a runaway success. We asked those it affected how it influenced their travel behaviour.
During the pandemic, climate activists are thinking globally and acting digitally.
When the current crisis passes, we must seize the opportunity to re-imagine, and to create, a different kind of future.
Despite the nihilism and pessimism of internet memes, people ultimately understand the direness of the danger posed by a powerful virus, climate change and global instability.
After ‘Dieselgate’, Volkswagen appears keen to rescue its public image. Now it’s looking to hire its own ‘Greta Thunberg’.
The Oscars red carpet saw two glamorous examples of couture that is better for the planet - but were they truly sustainable?
The actions of today’s leaders on climate change will determine how much more vocal youth will become in 2020.
Some have started to frame Thunberg’s activism in messianistic terms – and this can serve as fodder for climate deniers.
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