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How to Have Difficult Conversations

The CNCL Team — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 00:19:19 +0000

Campaigners aren’t known for being contemplative. By definition they are trying to change something beyond themselves. But what if collective introspection made us into better campaigners by improving our ability to listen and learn, especially from those we disagree with?

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Global Climate Strike Aims to Spur Transformative Change

The CNCL Team — Wed, 14 Aug 2019 22:59:33 +0000

The world’s youth have infused a new urgency into the global fight against climate change. Through movements like Fridays for Future and Extinction Rebellion, millions of young people have gathered in public squares and busy streets, senate chambers and assembly rooms, to call on government leaders to curb greenhouse gas emissions and enact meaningful environmental policies.

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Environmentalists Risk Their Lives to Save the Planet

The CNCL Team — Wed, 14 Aug 2019 21:49:28 +0000

Kateryna Gandziuk’s brutal attack is just one of 164 murders of environmentalists and land and water defenders that occurred in 2018, cataloged in a new report titled “Enemies of the State? How governments and business silence land and environmental defenders.”

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Britain Becomes First Major Country to Commit to Legally Binding Zero Emissions Target

The CNCL Team — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 01:06:24 +0000

Theresa May will make the UK the first economy in the G7 to legislate for zero emissions. The CCC report also confirmed that even if other countries followed the UK by setting a zero emissions target, there was still just a 50/50 chance that the planet would remain below the recommended temperature of 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2100. Anything above that guarantees a shift in climate that will threaten human life.

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Sudan’s Campaign of Nonviolent Resistance

The CNCL Team — Mon, 10 Jun 2019 22:45:11 +0000

As dawn broke on Monday, June 3, Sudan’s Transitional Military Council (TMC) began a violent crackdown against pro-democracy protesters in the capital of Khartoum in response to a nationwide general strike the previous weekend. Despite the government’s endless attempts at coercion, the people of Sudan have continuously shown the fortitude to continue protesting and the courage to remain nonviolent.

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Why Greta Thunberg Is Vegan

The CNCL Team — Mon, 10 Jun 2019 21:53:33 +0000

Thunberg has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. She is also a vegan – recognizing the environmental impact of animal agriculture. Here is a look at some of her most powerful speeches.

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Making the Leap to Electric

The CNCL Team — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 23:08:37 +0000

In Europe, the transport sector is currently responsible for over one-quarter of Europe’s CO² emissions — with 45% of that coming from road transport alone — putting it dead center in our climate emergency. It’s choking our communities with air pollution while rapidly heating our planet.

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Extinction Emergency – We Need Action Right Now to Save New Zealand Dolphins

The CNCL Team — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 22:36:45 +0000

Human activities are pushing some marine species towards extinction, including some of the smallest dolphins in the world. Collectively known as New Zealand dolphins, Hector’s and Māui dolphins live only around the coast of New Zealand and they are dying in fishing nets at a rate that will see them extinct if we don’t change our behaviour around them and remove the destructive fishing nets from their home.

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Extinction Risk and Rebellion: 15 Environmental Books Coming in June

The CNCL Team — Tue, 04 Jun 2019 23:57:55 +0000

This month brings new books from Greta Thunberg, Robert Macfarlane, the activists behind Extinction Rebellion and other conservation experts.

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How Green Party Gains Could Make Europe a Leader Again on Climate

The CNCL Team — Tue, 04 Jun 2019 22:04:44 +0000

In recent years, Europe’s role as a global environmental leader has been jeopardized by rising nationalism and populism. But spurred by young climate activists, the Green Party fared well in the latest European Union elections and is now well-positioned to advance bold climate initiatives.

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5 Podcasts to Inspire You on Climate

The CNCL Team — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 01:16:29 +0000

Five conversations and stories to remind you why we’re fighting this – and give you hope we’ll win.

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10 States Now Encourage Adoption of Research Dogs into Loving Homes

The CNCL Team — Fri, 31 May 2019 04:54:04 +0000

It is a bleak life for the approximately 60,000 dogs and 20,000 cats used in testing and research in U.S. laboratories each year. In March, we revealed the sad plight of some of these animals when we did an undercover investigation at a contract laboratory in Michigan that was testing pesticides, drugs, dental implants and more on beagles and hounds.

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