Despite the vested interests of companies and governments, Can we make progress toward sustainable development?


Despite the fact that the climate accord negotiated by the Member States of the UN in Paris does not promise to solve the problem of global warming, the growing progress in renewable energy may ultimately solve much of the problem.

Below are articles since 2015 in CPNN on this question:

The heat is on: We must rise to the challenge of rising temperatures, urges UN chief

The Summit of the Future

Earth Day founder Denis Hayes says young climate activists carry the spirit of his generation

Greta Thunberg, 40+ Other Climate Activists Block Entrance to Swedish Parliament

Greenpeace: Here are the REAL culprits of the agricultural crisis in France

‘End Fossil Fuels’ Protests Kick Off Worldwide Ahead of UN Climate Ambition Summit

France: “You are, we are, Earth Uprisings”

The Elders welcome historic breakthrough on loss and damage at COP27, but call on G20 leaders to phase out fossil fuels faster

UN General Assembly declares access to clean and healthy environment a universal human right

Australia: On our “frightening” future: how this election shows young people are taking back their voice

Berta Cáceres has been declared a national heroine by the National Congress of Honduras

From LA to Bogotá to London, global mayors unite to deliver critical city momentum to world leaders tasked with keeping 1.5 degree hopes alive at Glasgow’s COP26

Amid rain and wind, Catholics join 100,000 demonstrators at COP26 climate march

COP26: Thousands of young people take over Glasgow streets demanding climate action

Our future, our decisions: young activists call for seat at climate table

Netherlands: Court orders Shell to cut carbon emissions 45% by 2030

France: March for the Climate: Thousands Demonstrate in Paris

Emails Reveal: U.S. Officials Sided With Agrochemical Giant Bayer to Overturn Mexico’s Glyphosate Ban

New UNEP synthesis provides blueprint to urgently solve planetary emergencies and secure humanity’s future

13 Years Is Too Long for Victims of Shell’s Oil Spills in Nigeria to Wait for Justice

France: The Affair of the Century and the March of the Century: Historic Victory for the Climate!

Broken societies put people and planet on collision course, says UNDP

Montreal: Demonstration for “climate justice”

‘Incredible Green Wave’ in French Elections Celebrated as ‘Mandate to Act for Climate and Social Justice’

Work: Democratize, Decommodify, Remediate

Could COVID-19 give rise to a greener global future?

Greta Thunberg Addresses Global Elite at Davos: Our House Is Still on Fire

International Peace Bureau: the ‘carbon boot-print’

At Major March in Madrid, Indigenous & Youth Activists Slam Global Leaders for Climate Inaction

The U.S. is trying to get out of paying climate damages to poor countries

Nepal urges concrete plans to tackle climate emergency

December Climate Strikes: Getting Started

A Worldwide Revolution Is Underway

International Day of Peace: PAYNCoP Gabon helps protect the environment

Global climate strike: When, where and how you can join and take action

Youth for climate: 130 scientists support the youth climate strike

New UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration offers unparalleled opportunity for job creation, food security and addressing climate change

Students are striking around the world to protest against the lack of action to stop global warming

United Nations: Guterres underlines climate action urgency, as UN weather agency confirms record global warming

Greta Thunberg: My Message to Davos Elites: Act As If Our House Is on Fire. Because It Is.

‘Morally Unacceptable’: Final Deal Out of COP24 Sorely Lacking in Urgency and Action, Climate Campaigners Say

‘We Have Not Come Here to Beg World Leaders to Care,’ 15-Year-Old Greta Thunberg Tells COP24. ‘We Have Come to Let Them Know Change Is Coming’

Inter-Parliamentary Union: 139 parliaments demand immediate action on climate change

France: Marches for the climate, we repeat !

France: Several thousand students have signed a manifesto in which they pledge not to work for companies that disagree with their values

Peoples Climate Movement Launches Rise for Climate, Jobs, and Justice September 8th

Greentrees Sequesters Another 1 Million+ Tons of Carbon via Reforestation; Wins Award

What’s the G7’s ‘Charlevoix Blueprint’ all about?

Earth Day 2018 Events Popping Up Worldwide

Snapshots of March for Science Signs Across the Globe

Washington activists launch ‘Climate Countdown’ to push lawmakers for urgent action

Greenpeace: Great news for the Arctic AND the Antarctic!

World’s Largest Tropical Reforestation to Plant 73 Million Trees in Brazilian Amazon

The Climate Movement Charges On, Even without the USA

Peoples Climate March Draws ‘One Hell of A Lot of People’ [in USA]

Climate Change and Nepal

REPORT: Fossil Fuel Divestment Doubles in Size as Institutions Representing $5 Trillion Commit to Divest

Laureates and scientists call on Nobel Prize Foundation to divest fossil fuels

Countries Adopt Kigali Amendment to Phase Down HFCs

Tens of Thousands Take Part in Global Actions Targeting World’s Most Dangerous Fossil Fuel Projects

James Hansen, father of climate change awareness, calls Paris talks ‘a fraud’

Kumi Naidoo: let the youth be our climate leaders!

Naomi Klein: We are going backwards, COP21 is the opposite of progress

COP21 vue par Naomi Klein : « Le changement climatique génère des conflits »

For articles prior to 2015 on this question, click here.