Climate Justice

Our climate movement must not repeat the mistakes of the past. This means placing justice at the heart of everything we do.

‘Green Deal’ seeks to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050.

War on Want demands climate justice at COP25 and climate talks in Madrid and Santiago.

A declaration on climate crisis, energy transition and extractivism in Latin America.

“Now the forests are gone, so is the sense of community."

Caroline Russell, Green Party general election candidate says is impossible to separate climate change from tackling other social justice issues.

Women and Indigenous peoples are losing their homes, livelihoods and lives to an insatiable and imperialist greed.

Genuine climate justice means thinking big when it comes to economic inequality. A 'carbon fee and dividend' would reduce emissions and poverty.

A reinvigorated climate movement must have solidarity, justice and collective liberation at its heart. 

John McDonnell outlines Labour's bold plan forcing private companies to invest in the climate transition while extending solidarity to the global south.

Jeremy Corbyn's Labour party has created the new role of Shadow Minister for Climate Justice and Green Jobs.

The more we learn about pollution and its impact on human health and nature, the more we must see stopping pollution as an ethical imperative for all.

Coalition of environment and social justice groups in Southern Africa calls on the ANC to take decisive action on climate justice.

Extinction Rebellion supporters will today converge on Marble Arch, Oxford Circus, Waterloo Bridge, Piccadilly Circus, as well as near Parliament.

Cyclone Idai is one wake-up call among many. The climate crisis is here and developed nations must step-up to halt global warming and protect climate refugees.

Young activists are showing the way on climate change. In the face of climate emergency we must work with them to make our movement as inspiring, powerful and diverse as possible.

Protestors demanding climate justice block a main road in Canterbury.

Could 'the bystander effect' explain public inaction on climate change?

The media has a responsibility to fairly represent displacement in the context of climate change.

Gas-related earthquakes stirred Groningers into action a long time ago, but they are now joined by over 700 activists from all over Europe, who put their bodies before a crucial gate for tankers right now. NICK MEYNEN reports

For social movements and climate justice campaigners, the US abandonment of the Paris Agreement is disappointing, but there is also a unity in understanding that the future of humanity on this planet does not rest on leaders alone, writes DOROTHY GRACE GUERRERO

Women are not just a ‘tool' for social and environmental justice - they are agents of real change, and have the right to be engaged in all climate negotiations. ARTHUR WYNS reports on current moves to empower women to tackle climate change

Half a year or so on from the historic signing of the Paris Agreement at the COP21, the smiling promises and diplomatic handshakes have not only left the mainstream media but left us still waiting for the shift to a greener world. NEW VOICES contributor, KATIE ARTHUR looks at whether we can ever expect systems to change without transformed attitudes to lead the way...