Greta Thunberg

May 27th, 2019 by Steve Hanley  On Friday, May 24, over a million young people gathered in some 1,600 locations in 125 countries to plead for effective action on climate change. The global demonstrations were inspired by Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old from…

BRUSSELS, Belgium The rise of the Greens, the "Greta effect" of a young Swedish climate activist and the entry of French President Emmanuel Macron's party into the European Parliament are likely to result in a more defensive and climate-oriented EU trade poli…

A European election drubbing has served as a harsh wake-up call for Germany's leaders that young voters fear climate change and are furious about the government's glacial response to it. A surge of support, helped by the Fridays for Future protest movement, …

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The rise of the Greens, the “Greta effect” of a young Swedish climate activist and the entry of French President Emmanuel Macron’s party into the European Parliament are likely to result in a more defensive and climate-oriented EU trade p…

It's true that the young Swedish climate campaigner may not have been the single biggest factor in the Greens' remarkable turnaround in their fortunes at this year's local elections. But her highly visible and hugely popular attempts to get young people, and …

The helicopter Sofia E. Kjellman uses to reach her research site in the Arctic archipelago Svalbard.Credit: Lis Allaart A couple of weeks ago, I was talking to some people about my work, and a friend of a friend called me a hypocrite. How can I, as a PhD stu…

Berlin (AFP) - With double-digit scores across Europe's biggest countries including a stunning 20 percent in Germany, the Greens bagged record gains in European elections on Sunday with younger voters leading calls for action to halt global warming. The envi…

"If the EU really decided to face the ongoing climate emergency and try to act with the necessary force then this would have a huge global impact," Swedish student and global climate idol, Greta Thunberg, said on the eve of European Parliament (EP) elections.…

"Public pressure and political engagement move things", former EU climate commissioner Connie Hedegaard and conservative Danish politician told cheering crowds at a large climate march in Copenhagen on the eve of European Parliament elections. Police estimate…

Paris (AFP) - New players are exploiting internet lawlessness to disrupt democracy at this week's European elections, says a new report that points a finger at far-right populists and cyber militias. With the vote running from May 23-26, the Institute for St…