Climate Change

  • Let's stop feeling so guilty about global warming

    25 August 2014

    Emma Thompson recently went to the Arctic aboard the Greenpeace ship Esperanza. She wrote these words after walking out onto the fragile sea ice for the first time alongside her 14 year old daughter Gaia.

  • Are you on the right side of history?

    16 September 2014

    The People’s Climate March will take place this coming Sunday. And with around 2,000 events planned, including huge rallies in New York and London, this may well prove to be the large climate rally in history.

  • Your pictures from the People's Climate March

    22 September 2014

    So many inspiring pictures are flooding in from the People's Climate March events around the world. Spread the word to turn up the heat on politicians attending the UN climate summit this week.

  • 9 reasons you should be a fan of wind energy

    2 December 2014

    It’s no secret most Australians love renewable energy. But with Australian Treasurer Joe Hockey dismissing wind farms as “appalling” and “utterly offensive”, maybe it’s time we reminded ourselves why wind energy is great for Australia and the world.

  • Nature does not negotiate: climate catastrophe is with us now!

    8 December 2014

    As Typhoon Hagupit hits the Philippines, one of the biggest peacetime evacuations in history has been launched to prevent a repeat of the massive loss of life which devastated communities when Super Typhoon Haiyan hit the same area just over a year ago.

  • Clean air doesn’t come to those who wait

    23 January 2015

    "One thing that fascinated and shocked me the most was the fact that even on smoggy days, people still lived their lives as usual," said Chinese film director Jia Zhangke last week as the air outside in Beijing was a thick, soupy grey.