Analysis: Britain Already Has Its Own Climate Refugees
Nicholas Beuret
Along England’s coast, people are being forced to move because of climate breakdown.
Tag: climate crisis
Opinion: Losing Your Mind Is a Proportionate Response to the Climate Crisis
Charlie Hertzog Young
Those who buckle in the face of climate collapse are entirely in tune with reality, writes Charlie Hertzog Young.
Analysis: Is Lula Bored of the Climate Crisis Already?
Joana Ramiro
The Brazilian president stood on a platform of environmental and Indigenous rights, but now seems to be losing interest in domestic politics, writes Joana Ramiro.
Report: This Indigenous Leader Survived Colombia’s Death Squads. Now She Wants Justice
Maozya Murray
Earlier this year, Esneda Saavedra Restrepo returned home after denouncing Anglo-Swiss mining giant Glencore when armed men opened fire on her family. Now she’s come to the UK to demand reparations.
Report: Meet the Robin Hood-Style Activists ‘Shoplifting’ for Food Banks
Simon Childs
Activists in Scotland are taking food off supermarket shelves and putting it straight in donation bins.
Novara FM: Atomic Split
Why is the left divided on nuclear? Craig Gent poses an urgent question to experts Andrea Vetter and Matthew T. Huber.
Feature: Is Extinction Rebellion Still ‘Beyond Politics’?
Diyora Shadijanova
Extinction Rebellion once claimed it’s “not a socialist movement”, and is “beyond politics”. But by aligning itself more and more closely with the left, is this really still the case? Diyora Shadijanova investigates.
Novara FM: Eat Sleep Protest Repeat
What's it going to take to save the planet? Clare Hymer gets strategic with activists from XR, Just Stop Oil and Ende Gelände.
Feature: After Deflating Thousands of Tyres, Eco-Saboteurs Are Thinking Up New Ways to Tackle SUVs
Clare Hymer
Since March 2022, guerrilla climate activists have deflated over 10,000 SUV tyres across 15 countries. We went out with the Tyre Extinguishers in Bristol to find out what eco-saboteurs might do next.
Opinion: Flat SUV Tyres and Soupy Van Goghs: 2022 Was a Vintage Year for Climate Protest
Clare Hymer
The government's insatiable protest crackdown has forced climate activists to get creative this year, writes Clare Hymer.
Opinion: What’s the Point of Mobilising Around COP?
Tatiana Garavito & Nathan Thanki
Time and again, host countries have used COPs to greenwash their environmental records while restricting civil society participation. This doesn’t mean they're not still worth organising around, argue Tatiana Garavito and Nathan Thanki.
Long Read: The Missing Guests at COP27? Drug Barons
Clemmie James
As long as organised crime controls the world’s carbon sinks, forums like COP27 have the wrong people in the room, writes Clemmie James.
Opinion: Climate Activists Are Back. But Where’s The Movement?
Sam Knights
The 'radical flank' of the climate movement isn’t functioning as such. That’s because right now, there’s not much of a movement to flank, argues Sam Knights.
Analysis: The Tories’ Attack on Nature is Radicalising Birdwatchers
Clare Hymer
Are we going to see AK47-wielding RSPB paramilitaries? Perhaps not, but that doesn’t mean conservationists aren’t getting serious.
Report: Protesters Call Out ‘Environmental Racism’ at New Statesman Event at Labour Conference
Simon Childs
Activists disrupted an event at Labour party conference sponsored by Drax, a company accused of polluting Black communities in the US. Simon Childs reports.
Report: Labour Conference Will Be Rife With Corporate Greenwashing
Simon Childs
Labour is letting big polluters use its conference for corporate "greenwashing", while party activists have been blocked from putting forward green motions. Simon Childs reports.
Opinion: Charles Isn’t the ‘Climate King’
Clare Hymer
Britain’s new king says he wants a “revolution” to tackle the climate crisis. But all he really wants is a veneer of respectability whilst he shores up his historic privilege, argues Clare Hymer.
Analysis: Could Nuclear Actually Solve the Energy Crisis?
Ell Folan
Liz Truss wants to turbocharge nuclear power. As well as its environmental implications, asks Ell Folan, could it even solve our energy crisis?