Who are today’s climate activists? Dispelling 3 big myths for Earth Month

Not all activists are in the media spotlight, but they’re crucial to promoting action to slow climate change.

Dana R. Fisher, Director of the Center for Environment, Community & Equity and Professor in the School of International Service, American University • conversation
April 2, 2024 ~8 min

From throwing soup to suing governments, there’s strategy to climate activism’s seeming chaos − here’s where it’s headed next

With international climate talks failing to make progress fast enough, activists are radically rethinking how to be most effective in the streets, political arenas and courtrooms.

Shannon Gibson, Associate Professor of International Relations and Environmental Studies, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences • conversation
Feb. 2, 2024 ~9 min


From throwing soup on famous paintings to pushing lawsuits, the strategy behind climate activism and where it’s headed next

With international climate talks failing to make progress fast enough, activists are radically rethinking how to be most effective in the streets, political arenas and courtrooms.

Shannon Gibson, Associate Professor of International Relations and Environmental Studies, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences • conversation
Feb. 2, 2024 ~9 min

Climate change protest: a single radical gets more media coverage than thousands of marchers

Media coverage of Extinction Rebellion’s mass protest was muted compared with that of Just Stop Oil’s snooker disruption.

Andrew Matthew Macdonald, PhD Candidate, Climate Activism, University of York • conversation
May 3, 2023 ~7 min

Extinction Rebellion gave it 'the Big One' with a four-day peaceful protest – now what?

The group has eschewed disruptive protest in the pursuit of ‘building relationships’.

Marc Hudson, Visiting Fellow, Science Policy, University of Sussex • conversation
April 27, 2023 ~7 min

Extinction Rebellion says 'we quit' – why radical eco-activism has a short shelf life

Such groups rarely last more than a few years.

Marc Hudson, Research Fellow in Industrial Decarbonisation Policy, University of Sussex • conversation
Jan. 6, 2023 ~7 min

How young climate activists are making their voices heard at COP27 over Egypt's protest suppression

Activists aren’t necessarily more aggressive than in the past, but they are using creative and sometime shocking new tactics that quickly go viral.

Shannon Gibson, Associate Professor of International Relations and Environmental Studies, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences • conversation
Nov. 16, 2022 ~9 min

Throwing soup on a Van Gogh and other ways climate protesters are making their voices heard over Egypt's climate summit suppression

Activists aren’t necessarily more aggressive than in the past, but they are using creative and sometime shocking new tactics that quickly go viral.

Shannon Gibson, Associate Professor of International Relations and Environmental Studies, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences • conversation
Nov. 16, 2022 ~9 min


Just Stop Oil: do radical protests turn the public away from a cause? Here's the evidence

People want to shoot the messenger, but they do hear the message.

Colin Davis, Chair in Cognitive Psychology, University of Bristol • conversation
Oct. 21, 2022 ~8 min

Climate activism has so far been fairly peaceful: here’s why that might change

Global climate movements have espoused nonviolence, but some are adopting more radical tactics in light of the increasing threats posed by climate change.

Alex McLaughlin, Research Associate in Existential Risk, University of Cambridge • conversation
July 7, 2022 ~8 min

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