In Tuvalu, young people are calling on Pacific island leaders to recognize climate change as a human rights issue and seek international court support. Photo credit: Fiona Goodall/Getty Images By Dana Drugmand As leaders of Pacific island nations converge this week in Tuvalu, a group of students from the region are calling on their…
In Poland, activists rallied ahead of the UN climate talks to oppose the country's reliance on coal and its plans to build a new coal plant, Ostrołęka C. Photo credit: Janek Skarzynski/AFP/Getty Images By Isabella Kaminski The future of a major new Polish coal power plant is in doubt after a court ruled that corporate approval to build…
Hundreds were arrested in London climate protests in April sponsored by Extinction Rebellion. Photo credit: Tolga Akmen/AFP/Getty Images By Isabella Kaminski LONDON—Hundreds of climate activists are appearing in court in the United Kingdom this summer, facing charges for taking part in the massive…
A lawsuit filed on behalf of young people in Quebec has been sidetracked by a judge. Photo credit: Martin Ouelett-Diotte/Getty Images By Dana Drugmand A Canadian judge halted a climate lawsuit filed by a group of young people in Quebec against the Canadian government, rejecting its…
Maurice Feschet, a lavender farmer in France, is one of the plaintiffs in a suit against the European Union to force more aggressive climate action. Photo credit: Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty Images By Dana Drugmand The 10 families and one Swedish youth association that brought a lawsuit challenging the European Union’s 2030 climate target have appealed their…
New UN summit emphasizes the role of young people in raising climate change as a human rights issue. Photo credit: Johannes Eisele/Getty Images By Dana Drugmand Climate justice and human rights advocates are convening the first global summit on human rights and climate change this September, hoping to…
Vancouver's city council voted to support a liability law that would make it easier for cities to sue fossil fuel companies for climate damages. Photo credit: George Rose/Getty Images By Karen Savage Vancouver and Richmond are the latest Canadian cities to ask the government of British Columbia to enact a law that would help…
The UN Human Rights Council will hear a new report on Friday highlighting the role of fossil fuel companies and governments in deepening a humanitarian crisis. Photo credit: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images By Dana Drugmand A United Nations human rights expert has called for a new report to serve as a stirring wake-up call for transformative change…
Total, targeted by climate protesters earlier this year, also faces a legal challenge from groups that say it is not living up to French law requiring companies to combat climate change. Photo credit: Thomas Samson/AFP/Getty Images By Karen Savage More than a dozen French communities and environmental organizations say that Total, one of France’s largest oil and gas companies, is not…
Demonstrators in Burnaby, British Columbia, protest the expansion of the government-owned Trans Mountain Pipeline. Photo credit: Jason Redmond/Getty Images By Karen Savage A group of young people who have organized strikes across Canada to protest a lack of action on climate change are demanding…