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Climate activism

The future feels bleak for Gen Zs like me. It's time for a Green New Deal
Tamara Ullyart

The future feels bleak for Gen Zs like me. It's time for a Green New Deal

Green New Deal Rising is a group of young people fighting for climate justice and the transition to a clean-energy future
These scientists felt powerless over the climate crisis – so they decided to do something about it
Climate activism

These scientists felt powerless over the climate crisis – so they decided to do something about it

The future looks grim under climate change. So why is nobody talking about Just Stop Oil anymore?
Just Stop Oil
Climate activism

The future looks grim under climate change. So why is nobody talking about Just Stop Oil anymore?

Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Environment and climate
Changemakers 2025

Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Environment and climate

The 1.5C global warming target is a 'delusion', warns climate scientist who fled Los Angeles
Global heating

The 1.5C global warming target is a 'delusion', warns climate scientist who fled Los Angeles

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
'I'm scared – but I'm ready to go': Why GPs are willing to go to prison to protest the climate crisis
Dr Patrick Hart is a GP jailed for climate crisis protests
Dr RIta Issa

'I'm scared – but I'm ready to go': Why GPs are willing to go to prison to protest the climate crisis

I'm a disabled artist and activist. I create art where everyone is valued – including nature
Greta, a white woman and wheelchair user, sits in the middle of a green forest on location during filming for A World Beneath Us. It is Bumpy, cool, warm, trees, plants, insects, staggering, quiet, light, dark (shade), tan, green, brown.
Greta Chambers-McMillan

I'm a disabled artist and activist. I create art where everyone is valued – including nature

'Flooding can break people': This woman channelled her fears of extreme weather to help thousands
flood mary
Climate crisis

'Flooding can break people': This woman channelled her fears of extreme weather to help thousands

The growth of rewilding in Britain offers hope for a wilder future in 2025
Protesters at the Restore Nature Now march
Rebecca Wrigley

The growth of rewilding in Britain offers hope for a wilder future in 2025

The climate crisis is on our doorstep. How can we keep eco-anxiety in check?
flood in climate crisis
Rosie Downes

The climate crisis is on our doorstep. How can we keep eco-anxiety in check?

Why I switched sides to stop UK's first deep coal mine in more than 30 years from opening
Members of South Lakes Action on Climate Change celebrate preventing a coal mine in Cumbria
Maggie Mason

Why I switched sides to stop UK's first deep coal mine in more than 30 years from opening

Designer and activist Katharine Hamnett on fast fashion, the planet and photobombing Thatcher
katherine hamnett
Second hand September

Designer and activist Katharine Hamnett on fast fashion, the planet and photobombing Thatcher

Letters: Water bosses should be made to do Cersei's 'walk of shame' from Game of Thrones
Letters

Letters: Water bosses should be made to do Cersei's 'walk of shame' from Game of Thrones

No, Extinction Rebellion are not 'storming' Windsor Castle. Here's what we're doing instead
Marijn van de Geer

No, Extinction Rebellion are not 'storming' Windsor Castle. Here's what we're doing instead

Fossil fuel giant BP accused of 'profiting off misery' after announcing staggering earnings
Fossil fuels

Fossil fuel giant BP accused of 'profiting off misery' after announcing staggering earnings

Hefty jail terms for Just Stop Oil activists 'set a terrible example for the rest of the world'
Traffic on the M25 during a Just Stop Oil protest
Climate activism

Hefty jail terms for Just Stop Oil activists 'set a terrible example for the rest of the world'

Scotland's national poet Kathleen Jamie on why book festivals are wrong target for climate activism
Books

Scotland's national poet Kathleen Jamie on why book festivals are wrong target for climate activism

Inside the Big Issue: Earth Day 2024
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Earth Day 2024

We need to end the fossil fuel era to secure a liveable future – before it's too late. Here's how
Emission from coal power plant. I
Izzie McIntosh

We need to end the fossil fuel era to secure a liveable future – before it's too late. Here's how

Why have we fallen out of love with Greta Thunberg? It's because she's hitting the system where it hurts
Nadeine Asbali

Why have we fallen out of love with Greta Thunberg? It's because she's hitting the system where it hurts

5 books to make kids care about the climate, selected by comedian and author James Campbell
climate
Books

5 books to make kids care about the climate, selected by comedian and author James Campbell

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
The Big Issue Changemakers of 2024: Climate, environment and sustainability
Changemakers 2024

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2024: Climate, environment and sustainability

How lucrative North Sea oil became the front line of battle for the climate
Oil rigs in the sunset
Climate crisis

How lucrative North Sea oil became the front line of battle for the climate

What's next for Just Stop Oil? Activists target unis after key backer says protests 'counterproductive'
Just Stop Oil

What's next for Just Stop Oil? Activists target unis after key backer says protests 'counterproductive'

Why did Just Stop Oil storm stage at Les Miserables? It makes more sense than you might think
Just Stop Oil Les Mis
Just Stop Oil

Why did Just Stop Oil storm stage at Les Miserables? It makes more sense than you might think

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