Climate change activism

President of the European Court of Human Rights Síofra O'Leary, center, speaks Tuesday, April 9, 2024 in Strasbourg, eastern France.

World News

European court rules on cases seeking to force countries to meet climate goals

6:53am April 09, 2024

by The Associated Press

Europe's highest human rights court ruled Tuesday that its member nations have an obligation to protect their citizens from the ill effects of climate change.

Climate activists protest on the first day of the ExxonMobil trial outside the New York State Supreme Court building on 2019. Last month, prosecutors described how ExxonMobil tried to take advantage of material stolen by hackers working for Aviram Azari.

Private detective who led a hacking attack against climate activists gets prison time

6:18pm November 16, 2023

Aviram Azari was sentenced to almost seven years in prison on Thursday. Azari directed a group of hackers that targeted thousands of victims globally, including U.S. climate activists.

People rally to end fossil fuels in New York Sunday ahead of the 78th United Nations General Assembly and Climate Ambition Summit.

Young people think climate change is a top issue but when they vote, it's complicated

6:46pm September 18, 2023

by Ximena Bustillo

Climate change is a major issue for young voters, but so far, it has not been a major mobilizing force in U.S. elections. Some environmental action groups see that changing.

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Bob Schroeder, an organizer with 350Juneau, sawed credit card replicas in half outside a Wells Fargo branch in Juneau, Alaska.

National

Climate activists target nation's big banks, urging divestment from fossil fuels

6:38am March 22, 2023

Across the U.S. on Tuesday, people gathered outside major banks demanding that financial institutions shift away from investing in fossil fuel projects.

Activists protesting "greenwashing," in which a company or government appears to do more for the environment than it is, gather outside the JP Morgan premises near the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit.

Carbon trading gets a green light from the U.N., and Brazil hopes to earn billions

8:16pm December 06, 2021

by Dan Charles

Carbon offsets got a big boost from November's U.N. climate summit. New rules could make it easier for companies to pay for carbon-cutting projects in other countries, rather than doing it themselves.

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Brianna Fruean, a Samoan member of the Pacific Climate Warriors, speaks at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, on Tuesday.

Environment

For Brianna Fruean, the smell of mud drives home the need for climate action

10:40am November 11, 2021

Many island nations have the most to lose when it comes to the climate crisis. But at the COP26 U.N. climate summit, they insist they aren't victims, they're warriors.

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Vanessa Nakate speaks during the climate strike march on October 1, 2021 in Milan, Italy.

Uganda's Vanessa Nakate says COP26 sidelines nations most affected by climate change

9:12am November 10, 2021

Nakate spoke with NPR about the role gender plays in climate activism, whether the COP26 summit feels inclusive and her advice for other youth who feel they can't affect change in the climate crisis.

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Climate activists march in Sydney during a COP26 protest on Saturday that was one of several demonstrations held around the world.

Thousands protest in Glasgow and around the world for action against climate change

4:01pm November 06, 2021

by Sharon Pruitt-Young

With one week of the COP26 conference left, people worldwide participated in protests in support of climate change action. Activists say that pledges to cut carbon emissions don't go far enough.

Climate activist Hilda Flavia Nakabuye speaks at the C40 World Mayors Summit in Copenhagen in 2019. She and a group of Ugandan activists are calling on high-income countries to commit to bigger and faster emission cuts ahead of COP26, the climate change s

A climate change disaster led this shy 24-year-old from Uganda into activism

11:56am November 02, 2021

by Lauren Sommer

When Hilda Flavia Nakabuye was a girl, a severe storm flooded her family's farm. Now she realizes that climate change was a factor — and she's become an advocate for change.

Climate activists in Quezon City, Philippines, light candles and hold LED-illuminated banners in December of last year to commemorates five years since the Paris Agreement and to call for an end to the killing of environmental defenders.

Environment

It Was The Deadliest Year Ever For Land And Environmental Activists

10:59am September 13, 2021

by Scott Neuman

Global Witness, an international human rights group, says a record 227 grassroots environmental activists were killed in 2020. More than half were killed in Colombia, Mexico and the Philippines.