At a COP30 fringe summit, women who’ve protected the rainforests for centuries demand access to UN climate funding
openDemocracy readers debate whether making voting mandatory would improve politics
openDemocracy readers discuss whether voters would back a socialist government, and Starmer’s ever-rightwards shift
Labour has quietly dropped legal fight over unlawful crackdown on protest. But what about those already arrested?
openDemocracy readers discuss an op-ed we published by an activist who has been sentenced for planning to protest
COP ignores reality on the ground in Latin America and wrongly assumes governments are key drivers of climate policies
New book exposes the daunting picture for our climate and beyond – but there are signs for hope
Greenhouse gas targets are purposely never met – and they never will be until the fossil fuel industry is torn up
A world of devastating weather events, unliveable cities, gross food shortages, and global marginalisation beckons
Just Stop Oil member Tim Hewes has to lead church services with an ankle tag on – despite not yet having faced trial
Police said Colin Shearn had asked too many questions and should be banned from Farnborough Airport’s public meetings
Protesters facing criminal convictions are being punished twice as National Highways and TfL seek costly injunctions
