Greta Thunberg

Last weekend in May, the eyes of the global entertainment community turned to the French Riviera. Cannes Film Festival presented its coveted Grand Prix to director Mati Diop, the first black woman filmmaker to take the prize. Just a short stroll down the icon…

The 16-year-old issued a statement declaring it "a huge honour to receive Amnesty International's Ambassador of Conscience Award", saying it was recognition for everybody inspired by her Fridays for Future movement that has seen students strike from school to…

France on Thursday will propose a new tax on flights in Europe to encourage travellers to switch to less polluting forms of transport, a source in the transport ministry told AFP. The airline sector is coming under increasing pressure from so-called "flight …

(Source: File Photo) By Verhaen Khanna June 5 is celebrated as World Environment Day. This one day out of 365 is highly important to spread awareness about the environment. Its a day to shake up everybody around you to wake up and prioritise the environment…

The incident happened as Bundestag President Wolfgang Schauble gave a speech to mark the end of a session titled “Youth and Parliament.” The latter was a four-day role-playing event, in which some 300 youngsters simulated the work of the parliament.Photos of …

—Extinction Rebellion, abbreviated as XR, is a peaceful activism movement with a logo that is becoming iconic, which seeks to influence global environmental policies to minimize climate change and decrease the likelihood of an upcoming human extinction event.…

Image copyrightPAImage caption Greta Thunberg sparked an international movement fighting against climate change The UK's offshore oil and gas sector "is listening" to teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg, according to a leading industry figure. Oil an…

The Trump administration is intensifying its effort to discredit climate science by recruiting a select group to try to cast doubt on the facts it doesn’t like — all under the guise of an official review. President Donald Trump, who dismissed climate change …

The chief executive of one of Scandinavias largest airlines has blamed the flight shame movement for a fall in passenger numbers in Sweden, where concern about climate change has inspired people to give up flying. Rickard Gustafson, chief executive of SAS, t…

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