Climate Focus
Inside the battle to stop coal
As the legal challenge against Britain’s first deep coal mine in 30 years reaches the High court, we talk to activists at the centre of the fight to stop it.
Written by: Ben Smoke
I lost my home to crumbling cliffs – my coastal community is the canary in the coal mine
After Kevin Jordan was made homeless by climate change he began organising to try and make those in power take the thread of the crisis seriously.
Written by: Kevin Jordan
Capturing the resilience of Filipino coastal communities at the frontlines of climate change
Winner of #CreateCOP competition ’The Passage of Storms’ documents the physical and impacts of typhoons, and the people at the heart of them.
Written by: Isaac Muk
COP28: UK must show leadership to help solve escalating climate crisis
As the international climate summit continues in Dubai, Friends of the Earth’s international climate campaigner Rachel Kennerley writes on the government’s need to act.
Written by: Rachel Kennerley
Greta Thunberg leads protests against oil conference
The Swedish climate activist joined hundreds in central London to demonstrate against the Energy Intelligence Forum.
Written by: Ben Smoke
Rishi Sunak’s climate speech debunked
Steamrolling over our green policies does nothing to help us in the long run – Sunak’s plans don’t add up.
Written by: Danny Gross
Capturing the impacts of wildfires and flooding globally
Since 2007, Gideon Mendel has made 20 trips to document floods in 13 countries. The result is an alarming record of what has already been lost to the climate emergency.
Written by: Isaac Muk
‘The climate crisis is a liberationary struggle’
Gearing up for the release of her first book, climate activist Mikaela Loach talks standing up to authority and building a more inclusive movement.
Written by: Ben Smoke
Haunting photos of life around the world’s oil fields
Robin Hinsch reflects on capturing the places in the world where raw materials are extracted from the earth for profit, and the people who make their homes there.
Written by: Isaac Muk
COP26 may have failed, but our fight must continue
No planet b — The chasm between what has been promised and what’s needed to stop catastrophic climate change is still far too big. But it’s on the streets that we should look for hope, writes Friends of the Earth campaigner, Rachel Kennerley.
Written by: Rachel Kennerley
Photos of the people resisting the reality of the climate crisis
Climate takeover — A new exhibition in Glasgow coinciding with COP26 travels across countries and over decades to expose how businesses and governments, both at home and globally, play a part in the unfair impacts of climate change.
Written by: Ben Smoke
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.
Written by: Huck