Environment / Climate Change

Fighting climate change requires organization rather than individual actions, founder of 350.org Bill McKibben told this year’s Greenbelt festival's audience. Joe Ware reports.

Unions can play a vital role in the battle for climate justice, says Anabella Rosenberg, Policy Officer for Health and Environment at the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC). Here she talks about growing awareness in the global labour movement and the challenges ahead.

Alex Randall argues that the conclusions drawn were the wrong ones.

Chris Brazier remembers our climate change denial magazine.

Femke Wijdekop makes the case for Ecocide to become a crime under international law.

Recognition of global warming is one thing; taking genuine action is another, writes Nnimmo Bassey.

Cherri Foytlin meets refugees directly affected by climate change.

Things and people that made us smile - and that raised our ire during the Paris climate talks.

Though the deal was a dud, this was no Copenhagen, argue Jess Worth and Danny Chivers.

Avaaz is triumphant, but the Paris Agreement promotes the kind of policies that have failed us so far, write Marienna Pope-Weidemann and Samir Dathi.

The Paris Agreement shows how powerful nations have imposed their will at the climate negotiations, writes Clemente Bautista.

The Sámi are the indigenous people of Northern Scandinavia and were in Paris with other indigenous to fight for climate justice. Ragnhild Freng Dale explains.

La Via Campesina’s agro-ecology and food sovereignty offers one possible path toward climate justice, writes Marienna Pope-Weidemann in part one of this two part series.

A brief illustrated history of the climate negotiations by cartoonist Kate Evans.

The Paris Agreement is being hailed as a great success. But will it deliver climate justice? Danny Chivers and Jess Worth put it to the test.

Millions of hectares of forest are threatened by coal mining, warns Saskia Ozinga.

This New Internationalist photo gallery presents events from frontline struggles against climate change during the Paris climate talks.

Activists in Paris are laying out inspiring visions for a fair and sustainable future – with the help of 196 stolen bank chairs, writes Samir Dathi.

Development in the industrialized world has come at a high price, writes Mohamed Adow.

As rich countries declare ‘ambition’ while racing to weaken the text, some climate justice campaigners are turning their backs on the COP21 negotiations and looking elsewhere for hope, reports Morgan Curtis.