The Global North is largely responsible for the climate crisis, but the Global South weathers the worst impacts and is left to come up with solutions, say climate justice and human rights activists attending COP26 in Glasgow.
The breakdown found the producers’ plans are set to accelerate the climate crises and hinder the Paris Agreement goal of keeping warming to below 1.5 C.
Young climate activists want the media to do a better job explaining the causes and consequences of climate change to students, and to listen to them even when they are not skipping school to demand climate action.
Late Monday, over 100 countries representing 85 per cent of the world’s forests pledged to reverse deforestation and land degradation by 2030, with a dozen countries putting billions of dollars on the table to back the effort.
Two children, aged 10 and 12, suspended themselves from a bridge high above the Clyde River near the COP26 summit in Glasgow on Monday afternoon to protest global leaders lack of action on the climate crisis.
The Biden administration is launching a wide-ranging plan to reduce methane emissions, targeting a potent greenhouse gas that contributes significantly to global warming and packs a stronger short-term punch than even carbon dioxide.
The young people involved in the UN’s official youth constituency group have published a list of policy demands months in the making and are trying to get in the ear of as many world leaders as possible at COP26.
University of Toronto's decision to begin divesting its $4-billion endowment fund from fossil fuels "immediately" could encourage other Canadian universities to do the same.
Protesters briefly disrupted traffic outside the main gates to the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, on Monday to highlight the refusal of Canada and the U.S. to block new oil and gas projects.