Top Climate Voices
Jennifer Morgan: Encouraging signs of progress from Bonn climate talks
A slight breath of fresh air entered the UNFCCC climate negotiations last week in Bonn, Germany. Held in the old German parliament - which was designed to demonstrate transparency and light - the meeting took on a more open feel than the past...
Competition gets young writers using poetry to explore climate change
Cape Farewell's latest project SWITCH encouraged young writers to use poetry to explore climate change, with the aim of inspring creative responses to the problem.
Youth climate leader Merna Ghaly named in Newsweek’s ’125 Women of Impact’
It's not often that a teenager is featured in Newsweek alongside women like Hillary Clinton and Oprah Winfrey, but that is exactly what happened when 18 year-old Merna Ghaly, an Arab Youth Climate leader from Egypt, was named one of the top '...
Kelly Rigg: What you need to know about fighting climate change
When Connect 4Climate asked me to speak at the Alcantara Dialogues during Milan Design Week, I jumped at the chance. After all, this was likely to be an audience made up of highly creative people, not the usual crowd of hard-core environmenta...
Partner Spotlight: Julia Huscher, Coal and Health Officer at HEAL
After the successful launch of their report on the dangerous health impacts of coal on Europe's people, Julia Huscher, Coal & Health Officer for the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) chats with us about the EU 'Year of Air', how climate ...Kelly Rigg: The Ill-logic of the Keystone XL
Carbon logic dictates that if President Obama is at all serious about addressing climate change, he must help put an end to Canada’s tar sands folly, and say no to the Keystone XL pipeline.
Cindy Baxter: Getting used to the ‘new normal’
As I flew up the country from Wellington to Auckland this week, on yet another beautiful day, I was struck by the colour of our country. Brown. Burned to a crisp. The occasional smattering of green forest, but an island suffering from its wo...Kelly Rigg: Arctic at the Crossroads
As a small team of youth ambassadors for Greenpeace's Arctic campaign begin their trek to the North Pole, I'm reminded of the campaign to save the Antarctic (video), which I led on behalf of Greenpeace in the 1980s. The Arctic, like the Antar...
Tzeporah Berman: It’s time for Canada to confront its climate neglect
U.S. President Barack Obama, through his ambassador to Canada, has every right to ask our federal government to do more to fight climate change. The United States is on track to meet its climate targets. So, what’s happening in Canada?Kelly Rigg: Coal kills, so it’s time to kill coal
A report published today by Europe's Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) is a powerful wake-up call about the dangers of coal-fired power.Go Social
