global warming
The 2010s were also the warmest decade in history, with the last five years being the hottest ever recorded.
Greta Thunberg spoke to David Attenborough for the first time over Skype to talk about the climate change crisis and how they are each other's inspiration.
From melting ice caps to record-breaking wildfires, hurricanes and floods, the deadly consequences of human-caused global warming are here.
This decade we’ve seen the rise of climate change protests, led by the now internationally famous Greta Thunberg. The school strike for climate movement has been fuelled by a decade that has seen rising temperatures, loss of wildlife and calls from leading scientists to reduce our carbon emissions before it’s too late.
Wildfires burned around the world this year from Australia to California and the Amazon. These forest blazes are part of nature but climate change is making them more frequent and more intense.
“I have a tenuous relationship with hope these days, but I am certainly bolstered by the fact that we already have all the solutions we need."
The 93-year-old highlighted how often “small steps, not the giant leaps” bring about lasting change in the world.
The country is literally on fire.
The teenager posted a picture of herself sitting on the floor surrounded by bags.
Divided, we will perish. United we have a fighting chance to address our climate emergency, write Ban Ki-moon and Patrick Verkooijen.