Partnership scheme to monitor air quality in Milan schools
Sensors are being installed in schools across Milan as experts seek to learn more about the effects of air pollution on the health of the city’s children.Read more
Free To Play Outside campaign makes air pollution in cities visible with big grey bubble
Watch out for a big grey bubble at COP26 in Glasgow in the coming days. The grey inflatable, which represents air pollution, has been touring cities in Brazil to raise awareness of the importance of reducing emissions...Read more
The betrayal of our young
COP26 is a chance to listen to our young people on climate change, but given recent trends, it may just mean empty words, according to one father and daughter.Read more
Young people: what is MY government doing to combat climate change?
A global children’s charity says the vast majority of young people it surveyed about climate change ‘know very little’ about what their own government is doing to combat the issue. Read more
World leaders’ Earth Day summit must ‘hear what children have to say’
As the world today – 22 April 2021 – marks Earth Day, there is a stark warning from the Save the Children charity that drastic action is needed to ensure children and their families can...Read more
How children are taking European states to court over the climate crisis – and changing the law
Even before Greta Thunberg launched her school strike for climate at age 15, youth activists have been key players in public action on the climate crisis. Now they’re breaking new ground in court.Read more
EU: Countries must tackle pollution and climate change to protect children
Air pollution and heatwaves are a factor in one in eight of all deaths in Europe, many of them children who are particularly vulnerable to environmental factors. The European Environment Agency (EEA), in a report, says...Read more
Students become boiler-room sleuths to assess climate change risks
In the fall of 2012, New York City received the brunt of an unprecedented storm. In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, also referred to as Superstorm Sandy, the stock market closed for two days. Some...Read moreWorld leaders’ inaction on climate change has violated children’s rights – Thunberg
Teenage campaigner Greta Thunberg and fellow young activists have filed an official complaint to the UN claiming world leaders’ inaction on the climate crisis has violated children’s rights. The petitioners, aged from 8 to 17 and...Read more