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Climate activists on staying hopeful amid the IPCC report

The fight ahead — Following the release of the UN’s landmark climate report, young activists are determined to keep up the momentum and to emphasise that all is not yet lost.

  • Activism
  • Emmanuel Onapa

Students gather to demand climate education reform

Teach the future — Following the IPCC report issuing its most severe warning on climate yet, students from across the country came together outside the Department of Education to demand urgent action over a curriculum which is failing to address the current crisis.

  • Activism
  • Ben Smoke

The surf brand fighting for the future of the ocean

In partnership with Finisterre — With ocean health declining rapidly, Finisterre is calling on world leaders to usher in a decade of global action and bringing activists together to inspire meaningful change.

  • Activism
  • Ben Smoke

Sand art calls on world leaders to cut carbon emissions

G7 summit 2021 — The giant sand art commissioned by sustainable footwear brand Allbirds is calling on leaders to use their global leadership position to drive down their carbon footprints today.

  • Culture
  • Ben Smoke

We need climate reparations to confront the colonial past

Calling for justice — Countries in the Global North are disproportionately responsible for driving greenhouse gas emissions. To give frontline communities the freedom to fight the climate crisis, we must take a reparative approach, argues human rights lawyer, Harpreet Kaur Paul.

  • Activism
  • Harpreet Kaur Paul

Heathrow is suffocating Black Londoners

Time to act — After a day of historic verdicts, it's time to take the threat that air pollution poses to people living in London's poorest areas seriously, argues Huck's Politics Editor, Ben Smoke.

  • Opinion
  • Ben Smoke

The teens behind a landmark climate lawsuit

Futures before fossil — A group of teenagers from Australia are suing the government over a coal mine extension. Win or lose, it’ll make a profound difference across the world to similar cases fighting to make climate change a children's rights issue.

  • Activism
  • Lucia Osborne-Crowley

The activists fighting to give nature human rights

Law of the land — Pollution levels are rising once again after reaching a record low in lockdown. Could rights of nature legislation prevent impending catastrophe?

  • Activism
  • Poppy Koronka

Degrowth is a radical solution to the climate crisis

Averting catastrophe — In their new book, Exploring Degrowth, authors Anitra Nelson and Vincent Liegey set out the political tools for a younger generation to minimise inequalities between people and prevent disaster.

  • Books
  • Ben Smoke

Joining the dots with youth activist Jamie Margolin

A Huck podcast — Joining The Dots is a Huck podcast. In the latest episode, we talk to climate activist Jamie Margolin about growing up in Trump's America.

  • Podcasts
  • Michael Fordham

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