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Thunberg and youth activists file complaint over climate crisis

Sixteen children, including Swedish youth activist Greta Thunberg, announced on the same day as the UN's climate summit that they had filed a complaint with the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child against five countries: Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany, and Turkey.

USA

Watch back: UN hosts climate change summit

In light of an ongoing climate crisis, the United Nations hosted world leaders and civil society to talk about "reducing emissions and protecting people against increasing impacts of climate change".

Green News

'The oceans are rising and so are we': Global Climate Strike London

Take a look at some poignant images from Friday's Global Climate Strike in London.

Netherlands

Netherlands' sea defence gets €547m makeover to weather climate change

The Afsluitdijk – one of the Netherlands' key sea defences – has been taking a battering for 87 years.

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World News

Climate targets need to be 'five times more ambitious': scientists

Scientists present new report on climate change effects ahead of UN summit.

Switzerland

Like Iceland, Switzerland to hold 'funeral' for lost glacier

The Pizol "has lost so much substance that from a scientific perspective it is no longer a glacier."

Germany

'Lack of ambition': Green groups slam Germany's new climate package

A new domestic carbon pricing scheme, more incentives for buying electric cars, and lower railway passes are part of the new package.

World News

Global climate strikes in unexpected places | The Cube

From Kabul to Tuvalu, climate marches this Friday did not just take place in affluent western nations.

Greece

Watch: Drought kills hundreds of fish in Greek lake

Hundreds of fish have washed up on the shores of a lake after drought caused a drop in the water level. The phenomenon is blamed on high temperatures and a lack of rainfall.

World News

The best images from Europe's climate protests

Witty slogans, colourful costumes, drawings, performances: the pictures illustrate how protesters across the region deployed their creativity to raise awareness of the climate crisis.

World News

Where is climate action happening across the world and near you?

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Norway

Watch: Norway's last miners fight for survival against climate policy

Norway's last coal mine, in the Arctic archipelago, is under threat of closure. It is situated in the northernmost town on Earth – which is also the fastest heating, thanks to climate change.

World News

Millions of young people march for climate in historic mobilisation

The global climate strike kicked off in the Pacific islands and followed the rising sun through Australia, Japan, Southeast Asia and into Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

Green News

Today we are on Global Climate Strike

Don't expect business as usual, we're taking a stand against climate change.

World

Green initiatives 'good for the economy', climate expert tells leaders

A climate change expert has said world governments must realise that green climate initiatives are actually good for the economy. Bob Ward, from the London School of Ecoomics’ Grantham Institute on Climate Change said the two aims need each other.

Living

London Fashion Week: Can we buy ourselves out of this crisis?

#LFW was all about sustainability this season. Is going green just a fashion fad or is it here to stay?

Green News

Climate Strike: Which businesses are taking it seriously?

Thousands of strikes will take place on 20th and 27th of September. For some, that will mean sacrificing your shopping.

Poland

Watch: Polish officers smash windows of Greenpeace ship with hammers

Masked men, armed with automatic weapons, break the windows of the Rainbow Warrior vessel.

Green News

QUIZ | How much do you know about sustainability?

Climate change trivia is anything but trivial.

USA

Watch: Greta Thunberg sails into New York for UN climate change summit

Thunberg was met by a flotilla of 17 sailboats, each displaying one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals on its sail.