By Nazrin Castro, Kristine Galang, and Christian Soqueño, The Climate Reality Project Philippines Thirty-six years ago, on February 25, 1986, the whole world witnessed the Philippines momentously topple the 20-year dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos through a peaceful "People Power" revolution. This week, the son and namesake of the late dictator effectively won the presidency by a landslide, sealing the revival of a family name that is hounded by some of the most horrendous human rights violations and corruption cases ever recorded in history. The Marcos Restoration – as a renowned Filipino hi ..read more

Map data© Google Imagery ©2022, Bluesky, CNES / Airbus, Landsat / Copernicus, Maxar Technologies, Sanborn, USDA/FPAC/GEO By Madrid Rodner In the heart of the vibrant Ironbound community of Newark, NJ, you don’t have to look far to see what injustice looks like. Some days, you just have to look up to see the thick plume of bright pink and purple smoke billowing out of the state’s largest waste incinerator. Covanta – the  company that operates the incinerator along with 36 similar facilities across the US – admits the pink smoke is from burning pesticides.  Photo by Christian Rodrigue ..read more

By Lauren Bills For many climate activists, there is one day in April that feels like our Super Bowl, our championship, and our Oscar-winning speech all in one: April 22. Most everyone knows it as Earth Day, a day that encourages people to advocate for protecting our one and only planet. However, for some activists, April 22 is only the beginning for a week of intentional climate action. From April 22-May 1, Interfaith Power & Light (IPL) hosts Faith Climate Action Week. Interfaith Power & Light is an action network that is mobilizing a religious response to global warming. The netwo ..read more

By Sophia Simmons, World Economic Forum Around the world, youth prepare to gather at Stockholm+50, focusing on nature and resilience, in the lead up to COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. In preparation for these global summits, it is critical that young people have a shared language and mission, and for their collective action and innovation to be supported and accelerated. With this context in mind, members of the Global Shapers Community (GSC) and The Climate Reality Project designed a challenge to source and champion young leaders from around the world working to drive local climat ..read more

Earth Day is always a problem. Every April 22, we pay tribute to the (truly incredible) first Earth Day in 1970, when an estimated 20 million Americans came out to demand government action on the runaway pollution choking towns and cities from coast to coast. Demands that gave birth to the modern environmental movement and led to the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency. And every April 22, brands seize the day to tout their sustainability and encourage yet more consumption, all so they can plant a tree somewhere. Meanwhile, groups of all sizes invite people to mark the occasi ..read more

Chances are, if you live in Arizona, Nevada, or any other state in the Southwest or Mountain West, you don’t need the latest study to tell you it’s getting hotter. Or that wildfire seasons seem to keep getting worse. Or that lakes, rivers, and reservoirs are drying out, with cities in Arizona now scrambling to find alternatives and one University of Utah official declaring, “We’re already running out of water.” Chances are, you want to know what this changing climate means for you. Your state. Your family and friends. Your way of life.  And – honestly, what we can do about it. If that’s ..read more

By Lauren Bills We all need a break from reality sometimes, right? Whether it’s curling up and disappearing into good book or binge watching every episode of “Bridgerton,” allowing our minds to escape from the often-harsh realities of our daily lives is a necessity. For many individuals all over the world, there’s one method of digital escapism that’s been extremely popular throughout the years: video games. Now we know you may be thinking- what do video games have to do with climate change? Hear us out. The gaming industry has a tremendously wide reach, especially with younger generations. J ..read more

Each semester, Climate Reality welcomes a group of US-based college students and recent graduates interested in learning more about the climate movement to join our team as paid interns working with different teams across the organization. This spring, several worked together to develop the contribution below.  To help assuage general feelings of climate anxiety amongst the interns at Climate Reality (and surely greater society), we decided to sit down with youth activists fighting for climate and environmental justice to boost our hope and serotonin. For us and many, the next generatio ..read more

There are moments when world events combine to rescue the truth of old lines from mere cliché. The release of the latest landmark report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) this week was one of them. If you were to distill the thousands of pages of “Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change. Working Group III Contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report” detailing our shrinking window to avert climate catastrophe into a single line , it would simply be this: Timing is everything. Everything, because the report delineates with clinical precision the steps t ..read more

Climate change disproportionately effects women all around the world, and everyday women are stepping up to act on climate to positively impact their communities.   For Women’s History Month, five incredible women Climate Reality Leaders across the world sat down to answer five questions about the interconnectedness of womanhood, the impact of the climate landscape, and their work within their communities.   Next up in the series is a phenomenal leader from Gauteng, South Africa! Meet Nosiphelo Nikani    Nosiphelo passion and drive has gotten her where she i ..read more