Shutting down Sweden’s airports – XR activists take on aviation emissions
January 18, 2022
Activists across Sweden have been targeting aviation emissions, highlighting their climate injustice and showing people power. Learn more about how they organised these actions and how to support them. On Sunday the 31st of October 2021, eight airports in Sweden found themselves facing an unusual working day. Suddenly, at airports from Malmö to Arlanda, individuals […]
Taking on French fossil finance and its greenwashing
December 7, 2021
On the 26th October, climate activists with Alternatiba and Les Amis de la Terre called out the hypocrisy of the French government and fossil finance. Facing police repression, these activists showed their determination in calling for an end to pollution and greenwashing. Bruno Le Maire, French Finance Minister, takes the stage to a packed room […]
‘We are the alarm, not the firefighters’ – How KoalaKollektiv is taking the fight to fossil finance
November 29, 2021
Many think the finance sector is often technical or boring, and something which climate activists can make very little of a dent in. KoalaKollektiv, a climate justice group based in Frankfurt who formed in January 2020, shows how untrue this is. By targeting financial institutions, KoalaKollektiv hopes to stop fossil fuel projects before funding has […]
