Gateway to Climate Change and the Environment

Room 11 - People and Their Stories

People dealing with the climate and environmental emergency in many different ways.

Environment | The Guardian:
‘We had to swim to safety. I didn’t think we would make it out alive’: fleeing climate breakdown, in pictures.
Photographers capture families, farmers and fishers and the landscapes they abandon when forced to leave their homes by extreme weather.
Anger and despair in Sicilian town collapsing after landslide.
Entire sections of the historic centre at risk as the climate emergency reshapes the Mediterranean. People feel the loss of homes and businesses could have been avoided.
Happy Eco News:
Dr Matt Winning, Stand-Up Comedian and Climate & Environmental Scientist. Lecturer, Senior Research Fellow and Stand-Up Comedian. Are we taking Climate change it too seriously? Should we be laughing at it?
Mongabay:
UN honors five climate ‘Champions of the Earth’.
Highest environmental honor for individuals, groups and organizations that contributed significantly towards improving the environment.
Elizabeth Erasito, custodian of Fiji’s parks and places.
Making protected areas work in practice. Parks should remain accessible and grounded in everyday life. Short-term development gains rarely justify long-term damage.
Indigenous women lead a firefighting brigade in Brazil’s Cerrado.
Fire risk is growing and indigenous territories are vulnerable. The Bakairi people have created a volunteer fire brigade, largely composed of indigenous women.
Rhett Ayers Butler:
Obituaries and tributes honoring the lives and legacies of those who worked to safeguard the natural world, especially those whose contributions might be unrecognized.
State of the Planet:
Disaster Preparedness Researcher Das Dores Ngueussie Ngamini specializes in climate modeling. Dedicated to scientific knowledge and climate justice, she helps communities most affected by climate hazards and least equipped to face them.
Third Act:
Mary Beth Naim and the Great Climate March across Ohio.
A citizens’ march to experience natural beauty and observe and report on damage by the unchecked expansion of data centers and fracking.

Stunning film about a scientist's journey after one of his research papers sparks a global movement addressing the challenges facing our planet. Bill Ripple decides it's finally time for scientists to step out and take a stand as the planet tips perilously close to disaster.

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Bonn is where the recipe gets made
By Rukiya Khamis, 2026-07-01

From Darkness to Hope
By Dr Michael T. David, 2026-07-20

Bali’s Climate Lawsuit
By Suriadi Darmoko, 2026-07-30

ACCIDENTAL GODS
Healthy People, Healthy Planet, Healthy Future with Dr Amanda d’Almeida of Medicine Explained
By everydaywild, 2026-07-07

We Need a Victory Story: Mobilising the Silent Majority with Liam Kavanagh of the Climate Majority Project
By everydaywild, 2026-07-21

BBC News
Scientist dubbed The Bogfather is restoring peatland to fight climate change
2026-07-04

Going with the flow: Renewable energy battery breakthrough
2026-07-20

Wildfires 'stark reminder' of extreme climate challenge, says William
2026-07-27

Carbon Brief
Interview: Dr Sun Yixian on his new database tracking Chinese climate ‘leadership’
By Anika Patel, 2026-07-09

Conservation news
Iran rearrests prominent conservationists freed just two years ago
By Naina Rao Shreya Dasgupta, 2026-07-03

María Laura Tolmos, 37, turned a childhood in the Amazon into her life’s work
By Rhett Ayers Butler Rhett Butler, 2026-07-06

‘The only possible transition is a just transition’: Interview with WEF’s Clemence Schmid
By Jackson Ambole Okata Malavikavyawahare, 2026-07-07

Cabo Verde program and its fishers have been protecting the sea for 10 years
By Alice PistolesiMonica Pelliccia Rebecca Kessler, 2026-07-07

Humans’ relationship with nature: Interview with ethnobotanist Pavel Partha
By Usraat Fahmidah Karen Coates, 2026-07-13

Community conservation under fire: Interview with Myanmar’s Clean Mountains founder
By Esther J Karen Coates, 2026-07-15

No corporation can buy the ‘right to destroy’: Interview with activist Raja Waseem Ahmed
By Muhammad Talal Karen Coates, 2026-07-15

Ronald Sanabria sought to make tourism more sustainable
By Rhett Ayers Butler Rhett Butler, 2026-07-17

Khuiusi Khisêtjê helped his people recover their land and future in the Xingu
By Rhett Ayers Butler Rhett Butler, 2026-07-24

Father Robert Athickal asked children to protect the living world
By Rhett Ayers Butler Rhett Butler, 2026-07-27

How a Brazilian Indigenous ethnobotanist & elders recorded their people’s medicinal knowledge
By Karla Mendes Latoya Abulu, 2026-08-13

How women farmers are helping elephants and forests in a Sumatran national park
By SuryadiYenni Kwok Philip Jacobson, 2026-08-14

Steve Smit, South Africa’s “Monkey Man,” has died
By Rhett Ayers Butler Rhett Butler, 2026-08-15

Earth911
Best of Sustainability In Your Ear: The MooBlue Team Keeps The Beef, Without The Burp
By Mitch Ratcliffe, 2026-07-15

Sustainability In Your Ear: David Fenton on How to Win the Climate Debate
By Mitch Ratcliffe, 2026-08-10

Earth911 Inspiration: The Beauty of the Natural World
By Earth911, 2026-08-14

Energy Saving Trust
How Brian matched renewable tech with smart tariff to slash his energy bills
By Ryan Williams, 2026-08-12

Fairventures Worldwide
Climate Stories wins a Fairtrade Award!
By Yi-An Hsieh, 2026-07-09

Greenpeace International
INSPIRING STORIES* Q&A with Ana Clis Ferreira
By Karina Miotto, 2026-07-27

Happy Eco News
Morag Gamble Champions Permaculture Education for Regeneration Across Six Continents
By Cyrene Oraya Reyes, 2026-07-30

How Maasai Women Leading Conservation in Kenya are Healing the Land
By Elena Kryvoshei, 2026-07-29

FOLONA Hub Grows Refugee-Led Permaculture Education in Uganda from Nakivale Settlement
By Elena Kryvoshei, 2026-08-11

Women-Led Mangrove Restoration in the Coral Triangle Strengthens Marine Protection Across the Lesser Sunda Seascape
By Cyrene Oraya Reyes, 2026-08-13

Lonely Conservationists
Kulesh (The Region That Isn’t on the Map)
By Jessie Panazzolo, 2026-07-19

Natural Building Blog
Yasmeen Lari’s Architecture of Repair
By Kelly Hart, 2026-07-20

Planet Forward
Can nuclear power meet rising global energy demand?
By Maggie Rhoads, 2026-07-02

Charting the waters of Chautauqua Lake: A peek at monitoring and mitigation
By Jenna Outcalt, 2026-07-14

Meet the lake scientists working to keep our freshwater healthy
By Guinevere MacLowry, 2026-07-14

Society for the Environment
Paul Gregory CEcol, CEnv, MCIEEM, MRSB, Mem.MBA Passes Away
By Sophie Smyth, 2026-07-24

State of the Planet
Climate Scientist Marco Tedesco Examines What Responsible AI Could Look Like
By Guest, 2026-07-28

From Marie Tharp to Seabed 2030: Marine Geophysicist Vicki Ferrini on Mapping the Ocean Floor
By Adrienne Day, 2026-07-30

Climate Finance Student Guy Ningabo Believes Better Impact Finance Can Transform Renewable Energy in Africa
By Olga Rukovets, 2026-08-07

Columbia Climate School Welcomes Environmental Social Scientist Garrett Albistegui Adler
By Columbia Climate School, 2026-08-13

Third Act
In My Third Act: Gail Nordheim on Building Community and Motivating Others to Act
By christine, 2026-08-12

Yale Climate Connections
Stabbing pain sent her to the doctor. The underlying cause is getting more common everywhere.
By Sanket Jain, 2026-07-01

Why the Sunrise Movement reorganized to fight authoritarianism
By Kim Kelly, 2026-07-13

Home batteries could become the next must-have household appliance
By Bridgett Ennis, 2026-07-10

They were offered free flood protection. So why are so few homeowners saying yes?
By YCC Team, 2026-07-16

Kids plant trees, change neighborhoods
By YCC Team, 2026-07-20

Coeur d’Alene Tribe saves with solar-powered rec center
By YCC Team, 2026-07-17

The coffee shop and barber shop that stay open when the power goes out
By YCC Team, 2026-07-22

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