The year the world woke up to the climate emergency
Wednesday, 4 December 2019 Paris (AFP) - Schoolchildren skipping class to strike, protests bringing city centres to a standstill: armed with dire warnings from scientists, people around the world dragged the climate emergency into the mainstream in 2019. Spurned on by Swedish wunderkind Greta Thunberg -- virtually unknown outside of her homeland a year ago but now a global star nominated for a Nobel prize -- millions of young people took part in weekly demonstrations demanding climate action. And, like harbingers of the apocalypse, the Extinction Rebellion movement embarked on a campaign of peaceful civil disobedience that spread worldwide, armed with little more than superglue and the nihilistic motto: "When hope...
Scientists say many of the wild cousins of the crops that feed the world may offer us a lifeline as the world grapples with the combined challenges of climate change and sustainably feeding an increasing population. Adam Reed reports.
Fires blaze around the Place de la Bastille in Paris during the protests against a security law that is being considered by French lawmakers.View on euronews
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Police fired tear gas at protesters in Paris during a rally against a proposed security law that would restrict sharing images of police officers in France.View on euronews
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Police have fired tear gas at civil liberty protesters attending a demonstration in Paris.
The rally is against a new security law prohibiting images of police officers from being shared.
The bill had been popular with the public after recent terrorist attacks.
Protesters argue the new law will allow police brutality to go unpunished.
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French authorities have suspended police officers accused of beating and racially abusing a Black man in Paris. Video purporting to show the incident has caused an outcry. Lucy Fielder reports.
A teenage Extinction Rebellion protester has climbed a crane and three othershave been arrested in Norwich. Alex Sidney, 17, scaled the crane on DukeStreet early on Saturday morning carrying a sleeping bag, supplies and severalbanners promoting the climate protest group. Alex Sidney, 17, scaled the craneon Duke Street early on Saturday morning carrying a sleeping bag, supplies andseveral banners promoting the climate protest group.
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An Extinction Rebellion activist has been ordered to pay more than £1,500after defacing a statue of Sir Winston Churchill by painting “racist” on itsplinth.
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Environmental activists have climbed on to the Scottish Parliament building ina protest against fossil fuels. Three members of Extinction Rebellion Scotlanddraped a banner reading “Choose Oil or Choose Life” from an overhang above thepublic entrance to Holyrood.The entrance has been closed to the public forsome time due to the Covid-19 pandemic and access to the building is currentlythrough other routes.
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The Duke of Cambridge is hoping to summon the spirit of the lunar landings to help “repair the Earth”, after launching a global environmental challenge to address climate change and other..
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Inspired by a Swedish schoolgirl, millions took to the streets in 2019 - as the world suffered extreme weather and major powers continued to block the radical action scientists say is needed to steer..
Many people are aware of Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg.
This tiny activist recently said it would be a waste of time for her to speak to President Donald Trump.
Many people are tweeting..
Wednesday, 4 December 2019
Paris (AFP) - Schoolchildren skipping class to strike, protests bringing city centres to a standstill: armed with dire warnings from scientists, people around the world dragged the climate emergency into the mainstream in 2019. Spurned on by Swedish wunderkind Greta Thunberg -- virtually unknown outside of her homeland a year ago but now a global star nominated for a Nobel prize -- millions of young people took part in weekly demonstrations demanding climate action. And, like harbingers of the apocalypse, the Extinction Rebellion movement embarked on a campaign of peaceful civil disobedience that spread worldwide, armed with little more than superglue and the nihilistic motto: "When hope...
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