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Whether or not the petitioners are successful, the mere act of filing the complaint has already brought the matter into the public eye. Justin Lane/EPA

September 25, 2019

With 15 other children, Greta Thunberg has filed a UN complaint against 5 countries. Here’s what it’ll achieve

Juliette McIntyre, University of South Australia

A group including a young Sami reindeer herder, a member of the Indigenous Yupiaq tribe, and Greta Thunberg are filing a complaint to the UN.

A view of the opening video played at the start of the UN’s 2019 Climate Action Summit. Justin Lane/EPA

September 24, 2019

UN Climate Action Summit missed a key ingredient: climate action

Nicholas Beuret, University of Essex

Guterres wanted world leaders to tackle subsidies for fossil fuels, implement taxes on carbon, and end new coal power beyond 2020. None of this happened.

Drought is just one reason why it matters to keep global heating below 1.5C. Nic Bothma/EPA

September 24, 2019

Not convinced on the need for urgent climate action? Here’s what happens to our planet between 1.5°C and 2°C of global warming

Rachel Warren, University of East Anglia and Sally Brown, University of Southampton

Nations are signed up to limit global heating to well below 2°C, and to aim for 1.5°C. Limiting warming to the latter matters - the future of humanity and the living world is at stake.

Are governments listening? Karl Nesh/Shutterstock?

September 18, 2019

Five things every government needs to do right now to tackle the climate emergency

Rebecca Willis, Lancaster University

As the UN’s Climate Action Summit approaches, governments need to start doing more than setting targets. Here’s how they can make a start.

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