Climate
Swords into ploughshares; planes into ventilator parts
5 June 2020 The speedy switch in from producing airplane wings to ventilator parts at a north Wales factory holds out an example for a transition to a low-carbon economy, writes Hilary Wainwright
XR: the case for deliberative democracy
24 January 2020 Climate Assembly UK begins this weekend. It's a good start, says Alex Bradbury, but does not meet XR's third demand for a Government-commissioned Citizens’ Assembly
Election 2019: An ambitious, agenda-setting and credible manifesto
29 November 2019 The 2017 Labour election manifesto was good but the 2019 version is the document we’ve really been waiting for, argues Mike Phipps
The fight of our lives
18 November 2019 Asad Rehman talks to Ashish Ghadiali about why, across the political spectrum, Zero Carbon 2030 must become the rallying cry in GE2019.
Real Zero
16 October 2019 2019 has seen climate consciousness reshape the political conversation around the world, but for this new awareness to make a difference, we need to get real about targets and timescale, write Souparna Lahiri, Niclas Hällström and Rachel Rose Jackson.
Taking on industrial agriculture
11 October 2019 As the XR International Rebellion continues, Katie Sandwell reports on the recent Free the Soil Action Camp which strengthened ties between food sovereignty and climate justice movements
It’s time to add global justice to XR’s demands
10 October 2019 Extinction Rebellion must recognise the impacts of colonialism and capitalism, and demand a just transition for all, argues Aranyo Aarjan
Why we’ve joined the global climate strike
22 September 2019 Landry Ninteretse and Ian Rivera share perspectives from Kenya and the Philippines and call for universal energy systems that are clean and renewable, public and decentralised
Power beyond borders
7 July 2019 The climate crisis is the greatest act of systemic racism in human history, argues Cameron Joshi
The UN climate talks are coming to Britain. The climate justice movement will be ready
24 June 2019 By Nathan Thanki and Asad Rehman.
Net zero emissions by 2050? It’s a sham
21 June 2019 Youth climate activist Lola Fayokun calls for climate justice not half measures
Rethinking ownership is key to solving the climate crisis
1 May 2019 Mathew Lawrence writes that we need to overhaul the private, profit-driven ownership models wrecking the climate and the economy
Poor and marginalised people bear the brunt of climate change
2 April 2019 Tackling environmental collapse is a matter of class, racial and gender justice, writes Jori Hamilton
How to save a scorched Earth
1 November 2018 We have entered a new, dangerous epoch in the Earth’s history, argue Simon L Lewis and Mark A Maslin. As humanity becomes the primary force re-shaping the planet, how can we avoid destroying it?
Overpopulation isn’t causing climate change. Blame capitalism.
17 August 2018 There aren't too many people. There are too many profiteers. By Eleanor Penny
Today we’ve consumed more resources than the planet can renew in a year
1 August 2018 Our economies are operating a giant planetary Ponzi scheme: borrowing far more from the Earth’s ecosystems than they can sustain. By Mathew Lawrence and Laurie Laybourn-Langton
On track to what? Colonialism, climate change and COP23
19 December 2017 Nic Beuret, Anja Kanngieser, and Leon Sealey-Huggins explore the effects of the COP23 negotiations on the global south.
As London City Airport turns 30, let’s imagine a world without it
26 October 2017 London City Airport has faced resistance for its entire lifetime, writes Ali Tamlit – and some day soon we will win
To stop the BBC interviewing climate deniers, we need to make climate change less boring
11 August 2017 To stop cranks like Lord Lawson getting airtime, we need to provoke more interesting debates around climate change than whether it's real or not, writes Leo Barasi
Join the Rolling Resistance to the frackers
12 July 2017 Al Wilson invites you to take part in a month of anti-fracking action in Lancashire with Reclaim the Power
Axe Drax: Stop polluting power from scooping vast government subsidies
11 April 2017 Drax is the UK's biggest source of CO2 emissions – and we're paying for it, writes Almuth Ernsting
Changing our attitude to Climate Change
25 March 2017 Paul Allen of the Centre for Alternative Technology spells out what we need to do to break through the inaction over climate change
Don’t delay – ditch coal
26 January 2017 Take action this month with the Coal Action Network. By Anne Harris
The centre-left’s narrative on climate change has convinced no one
23 November 2016 Trump's victory is another sign of the failure of the centre-left's narrative on climate change. A new message is needed, and new politicians to deliver it, writes Alex Randall
Airport expansion is a racist policy
21 November 2016 Climate change is a colonial crisis, writes Jo Ram
Resisting airport expansion, from the ZAD to Heathrow
6 October 2016 Kelvin Mason speaks to John Jordan who is squatting the site of a planned airport in France
It’s happening: 2016 is the year of climate disobedience
14 June 2016 Kara Moses describes a season of record-breaking milestones in the fight against climate change
Reclaim the Power sets up camp in Wales
13 May 2016 Kelvin Mason reports from Reclaim the Power's camp against opencast mining in Wales, looking at its organisation and future actions
Seven reflections on Liberating Tate
19 March 2016 As BP's sponsorship of the Tate ends, Kevin Smith of Liberate Tate looks back at the successful campaign to get the oil firm's dirty money out of the art gallery
From Russia to Colombia, the villages destroyed by Britain’s coal addiction
29 February 2016 Anne Harris reports on the people being made homeless because of mining to feed the UK's coal-fired power stations
Heathrow 13: Don’t make us ‘heroes’ – this is everyone’s struggle
26 February 2016 Alistair Tamlit, one of the 13 climate protesters who narrowly avoided jail this week, reflects on the pitfalls of labelling activists who do high-profile actions as 'heroes'
13 climate criminals who should be in jail
23 February 2016 As the Heathrow 13 face prison for protesting against airport expansion, Tom Walker lists the real climate offenders
From our anti-airport occupation in France, we send solidarity to the Heathrow 13
20 February 2016 Camille Vincent writes on life at the six-year ZAD protest site, and the parallels to the battle against Heathrow expansion
Together we’re unstoppable: why this is the year to turn the tide
10 February 2016 As the Heathrow 13 face jail, the best way to support them is to get active, writes Rosa Fields
2016: a year of escalation for climate action
6 February 2016 After the predictable failure of the Paris climate talks to deliver anything meaningful, 2016 must be the year we escalate grassroots activism to do more in a year than our governments have done in 21, writes Sam Blacksmith
We don’t need more runways – we need to tax frequent flyers
8 January 2016 Stopping a third runway at Heathrow takes us only so far. A frequent-flyer levy would solve the aviation problem altogether, writes Leo Murray
Words without action: Seven takeaways from the Paris climate deal
14 December 2015 The Paris Agreement on climate change has been hailed as a 'turning point for the world'. But it is long on rhetoric and short on real commitments, finds Oscar Reyes
The corporate capture of the climate talks
10 December 2015 Pascoe Sabido from Corporate Europe Observatory looks at how the Paris summit has been co-opted by polluters
Adapting to change
1 December 2015 The impact of climate change on human migration could be profound. But the relationship between the two is far more complicated than many suggest, writes Alex Randall
Paris attacks and the climate summit: we can and must become stronger from this
23 November 2015 Untimely acts of war have a long history of destroying blossoming social movements. We must make the links, argues Kara Moses: oil is the common factor between terrorism and climate change
Everything you need to know about the climate mobilisations in Paris
18 November 2015 World governments are about to meet in Paris to negotiate a global agreement on climate change. But the real action will be in the streets, says Kara Moses
On 'D12', we will draw our red lines in Paris
10 November 2015 John Jordan writes on the climate justice movement's call for mass disobedience in Paris on 12 December, and beyond
Come to Paris – and help create a climate movement beyond the summits
5 November 2015 Throughout November and December, Red Pepper will be running a series of articles in the run up to the climate talks in Paris. Red Pepper environment editor Kara Moses kicks off with some reasons to go to Paris beyond trying to influence a broken process.
Ken Saro-Wiwa and the power of resistance
25 October 2015 On the 20th anniversary of Saro-Wiwa’s murder, Nigerian activist Ken Henshaw describes how his struggle put justice at the centre of environmentalism
Paris climate summit: Not saving the world
25 October 2015 Alex Scrivener explores why excessive optimism in the run up to the coming summit in Paris ignores the voices of those most affected by climate change
How the next generation is challenging big oil
20 September 2015 Lindsay Alderton explains why a group of children staged a protest intervention against BP
The Corbynomics of energy
11 September 2015 Behind the media smokescreen, how green is Jeremy Corbyn? Alan Simpson digs deeper into Corbyn's energy policies
Time to Act! conference 2015
10 September 2015 Ken Montague, Secretary of the Campaign against Climate Change Trade Union Group, explains what's on at a major national conference in Sheffield on 19 September
Shutting down a coal mine on the road through Paris
19 August 2015 Last weekend fifteen hundred people from across the world shut down one of the most destructive coal mines on the planet. Morten Thaysen was there.
Earth First! Summer Gathering
4 August 2015 You are invited to Earth First! Summer Gathering on 19 - 24 August in the Peak District
