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Whether it’s celebrating sustainable fashion and beauty, stories of women in Africa creating home gardens, or female leaders advocating for climate justice, MP champions young readers’ appetite to make the world a better place.

June 13, 2024

New research from Women’s Environmental Leadership Australia highlights the intersection between gender and climate change

A new report from Women’s Environmental Leadership Australia (WELA) has found that harnessing gender diverse leadership is a powerful and essential opportunity to ensure that Australia's response to climate-related challenges is more equitable and effective.

June 13, 2024

Here’s what you need to know about the Global Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty

Thirteen countries, including small but mighty nations like Vanuatu, Tonga and Fiji, have signed a treaty to end the expansion of new coal, oil and gas projects. Leading climate activist Mitzi Jonelle Tan unpacks the details and the crucial role of Pacific nations and youth climate advocates.

May 28, 2024

The climate needs you to start engaging again

When all of us are looking down the barrel of a rapidly warming climate, reinstilling our individual responsibility is actually revolutionary.

April 19, 2024

Should we be relying on climate litigation for global climate action? 

Last week, a landmark ruling in Europe’s top human rights court found that Switzerland’s government had violated the human rights of its citizens by failing to act on climate change.

April 19, 2024

Black Girl Environmentalist founder Wawa Gatheru on the future – of the planet and the climate movement

The 25-year-old opens up about the intersectionality of the climate crisis and what it takes to break down barriers.

March 13, 2024

Three years since a devastating flood, women in Nepal recount how they still live in fear

Experts say that Nepal is vulnerable to hazards such as floods, landslides, glacial lake outburst, extreme temperatures, further aggravated due to climate change.

March 8, 2024

It’s time to share my own experience, to highlight the exploitation of gender, climate, and capitalism

The intersecting systems of capitalism, imperialism, and the patriarchy, not only perpetuate the objectification of women and gender minorities, but also propel us into multiple crises, such as the environmental and climate crisis. 

January 30, 2024

Anjali Sharma, the youth climate activist leading a fight she shouldn’t have to

"It’s not something that young people want to be doing with their time, but it’s... out of responsibility, out of fear, out of a wish for a future that is safe and liveable."

January 18, 2024

How women being left behind in the COP29 committee fails us all

Opinion: Rich (and often white) men have occupied too much space for far too long... it's not only delaying much-needed climate action, but also harming marginalised people everywhere.

December 8, 2023

New report presented at COP28 finds climate change is having a profound impact on girl's education in the Asia Pacific

As the world’s most influential climate experts convene for COP28, new research by Plan International and young people from three countries in the Asia Pacific has revealed the immense impact the climate crisis is having on girls’ and young women’s access to education.
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