Whose Voices Are (and Aren’t) Being Heard at COP26?
“COP26 is looking like one of the most inequitable, White, and segregated COPs to ever occur.”
Youth Climate Movement
Vanessa Nakate on What Irks and Inspires Her Climate Activism
A conversation with the Ugandan activist about her new book and how it helped her see climate change differently.
10 Years After Occupy Wall Street, Its Legacy Remains Strong
Occupy Wall Street gave the left ideas, skills, and a base in a way no one could have imagined a decade ago. The radicalization of a generation, the ability to easily explain class, the potential for mass nonviolent direct action, and crowbarring politics to let in socialist ideas and elected officials are all invaluable legacies.
Don’t Let Youth Climate Activists Like Me Burn Out
The COP26 meeting is an opportunity for world leaders to prove me wrong, to show us that they can act boldly on climate change and do more than make empty promises.
Greta Thunberg on Climate Promises Versus Actions
The climate activist doesn’t mince words in holding world leaders accountable to the urgent demands of young organizers.
Let’s Call Environmentalism What It Is
We should be thinking less about keeping a clear conscience and more about striving toward a mutualistic relationship with the rest of the earth.
Young Activists Aren’t Waiting For Anyone
Older generations have generally favored “nowism,” which privileges short-term well-being at the expense of long-term environmental and societal sustainability. And today’s youth are done with it.
‘2020 Really Belongs to Us’: The Youth Climate Movement Rallies Around the Election
The Sunrise Movement and progressive allies are applying new strategies to turn out young voters—and to convince parents to pull the lever for Democrats.
Generation Z Is Voting on Climate Change in 2020
Young voters are intimately aware that they will be forced to bear the full effects of climate change—and they’re voting with that in mind.
Meet the 18-Year-Old Championing Indigenous Rights in Alaska
Quannah Chasinghorse is continuing the legacy of Gwich’in women working to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
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Democrats Need to Be Pressured on Climate, Too
A first-time voter explains why this election is our opportunity to lead on the climate crisis—locally, nationally, and globally.
Stories from the Youth Climate Movement in the Global South
Youth climate leaders in Colombia, Sudan, and Ghana embody the voice of reason by embracing science, encouraging evidence-based decision-making, and challenging disinformation.
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