About: youth climate march
‘Four million’ join students in climate marches, building pressure on leaders
More than four million people have taken part in an unprecedented wave of climate protests across the world, organisers said, in the most powerful message to governments yet to take serious action. EURACTIV's media partner Climate Home News reports.
Europe’s youth want climate action. Elected leaders should give it to them
European voters have delivered a green mandate. It’s up to our governments to use it, writes Caio Koch-Weser.
Spurred by youth protests, EU parties adopt climate change as rallying cry
In a shift since the last European Parliament elections, mainstream parties have adopted climate change as a rallying cry – spurred in part by a wave of student strikes.
Climate progress is key to reinvigorate European project
If the EU is to regain trust and achieve a renewed social contract, the most progressive response to the climate crisis must be at the core of its new mission, writes Martin Porter.
Youth spell out five demands to tackle climate breakdown
Climate change is threatening the future of younger generations, but decision makers are still not taking it seriously. To get them started, youth organisations have joined forces with partners across Europe to come up with a set of five demands for how to solve the crisis.
Students’ climate strikes: Right goals but wrong words
The students striking are heroes, but their moral arguments need to be further developed if they want to reach new audiences, writes Darrick Evensen.
Nico Cué, the trade unionist with a green soft spot
The lead candidate for the European Left at the May EU elections devoted much of his professional life defending the rights of steel workers in his native Belgium. He now brings his fight to the European level, adding shades of green to his political spectrum.