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Fight for the future: our best climate protest photos

Climate takeover — As part of our climate takeover to mark COP26, we're dipping into the archives and sharing some of our best photos capturing climate activism over the past few years.

  • Activism
  • Huck

There can be no eco justice without debt cancellation

Climate takeover — The communities on the frontline of climate chaos are being forced to shoulder the financial and ecological burden of a crisis that they did not create. Debt repayments must therefore be cancelled, argues Daniel Willis from Global Justice Now.

  • Activism
  • Daniel Willis

COP26 is our last chance to save humanity

Climate takeover — The climate crisis is rapid, widespread, and intensifying. That's why, to mark the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, we're running a Huck climate takeover.

  • Activism
  • Ben Smoke

Indigenous people demand justice at the British Museum

‘We need to live in peace‘ — Yesterday, activists gathered at the museum for a healing ceremony and to demand that governments centre the voices of communities on the frontline of the climate crisis ahead of COP26.

  • Activism
  • Ben Smoke

The people shut out of COP must still be heard

‘Solidarity is not a slogan‘ — As COP26 approaches, Ramiro and Jaime from Peruvian NGO, DESCO, explain why they will not be attending the UN climate conference, the commitment required from world leaders, and how they continue to take action.

  • Activism
  • DESCO

The London community farm starting an eco revolution

The Outsiders Project — Grow is the organisation showing young people the importance of mental wellbeing, physical health and nature. In doing so, it’s fostering a new generation of eco warriors.

  • Outsiders Project
  • Shannon Mahanty

Keir Starmer must not alienate Labour‘s climate activists

Green New Deal — Yesterday, it was announced that Labour Green New Deal would be blocked from the Party Conference, which begs the question: why is the Labour leadership alienating this vital campaign group as the planet burns?

  • Activism
  • Chris Saltmarsh

How climate anxiety is devastating a generation

‘I‘ve felt utterly helpless‘ — A new study has exposed the terrifying extent to which the climate crisis is linked to widespread psychological distress among young people globally. Experts are calling on governments to take these concerns seriously, or risk inflicting further damage.

  • Culture
  • Ben Smoke

Why young people are refusing to have children

‘It’s unnecessary stress’ — Growing numbers of Gen Zers are embracing the prospect of a childless future. Writer Andrew Kersley investigates the myriad reasons why.

  • Activism
  • Andrew Kersley

Impossible Rebellion: photos of XR blocking a London junction

No planet B — The activist group kicked off its latest mass protests by building a huge table in Covent Garden to demand that the government stops using fossil fuels. Photographer Aiyush Pachnanda was on hand to capture the action.

  • Activism
  • Ben Smoke

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