Indigenous leaders and other climate activists stand against the fossil fuel industry in Brazil. The protest took place during COP 25 in Madrid, Spain on 8 December 2019.Photo: DPA Picture Alliance/Alamy Live News

‘We’re not just there for you to photograph’

Indigenous peoples are demanding a real seat at the table of the UN climate talks. Words by Danny Chivers.

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NI 557 - The global far right - September, 2025
A dirty project

A dirty project

UK-backed gas scheme in Mozambique faces renewed legal challenge over human rights and climate harms. By Ilham Rawoot.

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NI 557 - The global far right - September, 2025
View from Brazil

View from Brazil

Lula’s two-faced climate policy, by Leonardo Sakamoto.

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NI 555 - Critical minerals - May, 2025
Illustration: Tjeerd Royaards

Open Window

'Climate change in 4D' by Tjeerd Royaards (Netherlands).

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NI 554 - Indigenous sovereignty in Australia - March, 2025
 An old coal train in Ny-Ålesund on the island of Spitsbergen, Svalbard.Photo: Travel4Pictures/Alamy

Svalbard’s green gamble

As Norway’s isolated islands leave coal mining behind, Huw Paige asks if it is realistic for them to become a green exemplar for the Arctic.

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NI 554 - Indigenous sovereignty in Australia - March, 2025
A Rainbow Warrior crew member holds a Comoros flag on the pier outside Kingsnorth power station on 19 October 2008. The Union of the Comoros is one of the world’s most climate-vulnerable countries.Photo: Will Rose/Greenpeace

Temperature Check

Coal power vs people power. Why the climate victories of the past may win us a better future. Words – Danny Chivers.

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NI 553 - Guns and power - January, 2025
Two climate activists scaled Canada's Jacques Cartier Bridge on 22 October 2024, shutting down the major crossing for several hours.Photo: The Canadian Press/Alamy

Climate repression

Canada’s harsh crackdown on bridge-climbing activists exposes the growing criminalization of climate protests, writes Paula Lacey.

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NI 553 - Guns and power - January, 2025
Alexandra Narváez (centre), A'i Cofán leader of the Indigenous Ecuadorian Sinangoe community, left COP16 feeling sidelined.Photo: Nico Kingman/Amazon Frontlines

Carving Space

Indigenous leaders from the Amazon call out COP16's sidelining of their voices while biodiversity and their homes face relentless threats, writes Beatriz Miranda.

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NI 553 - Guns and power - January, 2025
Fossil Free London protest outside the London office of oil giant BP on 6 December 2023. The demonstration was sparked by Israel awarding the company – and five others – licenses to explore for gas off the coast of Gaza.Photo: Andrea Domeniconi/Alamy Stock Photo

One struggle

Joely Thomas explores the role of activists in showing how climate action and demilitarization cannot be separated.

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NI 553 - Guns and power - January, 2025
Photo: Matias Luge

Eco-friendly fire

Western militaries are taking on a new enemy: climate change. Nico Edwards unpicks the myth of green militarism.

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NI 553 - Guns and power - January, 2025
View from Brazil

View from Brazil

Municipal elections ignore green elephant in the room. By Leonardo Sakamoto.

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NI 552 - Disinformation - November, 2024
Fishing boats damaged by Hurricane Beryl sit upended in Bridgetown, Barbados on 1 July 2024. The earliest-forming Category 5 hurricane on record, its arrival showed the urgency of the climate crisis.Photo: Ricardo Mazalan/Associated Press/Alamy

Temperature Check

Stop digging. Words – Danny Chivers.

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NI 551 - Election year - September, 2024
View from India

View from India

Feeling the heat, by Nilanjana Bhowmick.

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NI 551 - Election year - September, 2024
Climate activists Patience Nabukalu (front centre) and Greta Thunberg (front left) join a protest against the East African Crude Oil Pipeline in Bonn, Germany on 12 June 2023.Photo: Henning Kaiser/Associated Press/Alamy

Temperature Check

Four sources of climate hope. Words by Danny Chivers.

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NI 548 - South Africa 30 years later - March, 2024
View from Brazil

View from Brazil

What does the Amazon’s worst drought in a century tell us? Asks Leonardo Sakamoto.

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NI 547 - Climate capitalism - January, 2024
Even in cold weather, heat pumps extract enough heat from the air to keep people warm inside their home.Photo: Island Images/Alamy Stock Photo

Temperature Check

Pumped up. Are heat pumps the low-impact solution we need to heat our homes? Words by Danny Chivers.

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NI 547 - Climate capitalism - January, 2024
Hundreds joined a protest outside the Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi, Kenya, on 4 September 2023, marching against the continued use of fossil fuels and calling for financial transfers from rich nations.Photo: John Muchucha/Reuters

Sign of the Times

Protest outside the Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi, Kenya.

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NI 546 - Spying on dissent - November, 2023
Standing firm against BP sponsorship of the British Museum’s ‘Troy’ exhibition on 8 February 2020. Hundreds of activists were also joined by a giant Trojan horse.Photo: Imageplotter/Alamy

Temperature Check

Ending the artwash. Words by Danny Chivers.

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NI 545 - Decolonize now - September, 2023
An activist holds a placard featuring Gautam Adani during a protest in Delhi, India on 6 February 2023.Photo: Adnan Abidi/Reuters/Alamy

Temperature Check

Coal in a hole. Words Danny Chivers.

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NI 543 - Loneliness - May, 2023
Honey trap

Honey trap

Report on beekeeping in Kitui, Kenya by Shadrack Omuka.

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NI 543 - Loneliness - May, 2023

Articles in this category displayed as a table:

Article title From magazine Publication date
The global far right September, 2025
The global far right September, 2025
Critical minerals May, 2025
Indigenous sovereignty in Australia March, 2025
Indigenous sovereignty in Australia March, 2025
Guns and power January, 2025
Guns and power January, 2025
Guns and power January, 2025
Guns and power January, 2025
Guns and power January, 2025
Disinformation November, 2024
Election year September, 2024
Election year September, 2024
South Africa 30 years later March, 2024
Climate capitalism January, 2024
Climate capitalism January, 2024
Spying on dissent November, 2023
Decolonize now September, 2023
Loneliness May, 2023
Loneliness May, 2023
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