climate activism
Fighting for Earth
Climate activism is organized effort to influence public policy and behavior regarding climate change.
Climate activists advocate for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, transitioning to renewable energy, and holding governments and corporations accountable for environmental impact.
Methods range from lobbying and peaceful protest to civil disobedience: Climate activism has pushed several countries to declare climate emergencies.
- environmentalismAdvocacy for nature protection
- hunger strikesPolitical refusal of food
- renewable energySelf-replenishing natural power
- sit-insStationary protest tactics
- tree sittingInhabiting branches as protest
sustainability · civil disobedience · citizen science · divestment · conservation · blockades · pipeline protest · indigenous rights · Greta Thunberg · school strike · marches · lobbying · community organizing · media campaigns · youth education · public outreach · participatory democracy · legislation
- eco-activismdirect action, eco-sabotage, eco-warriors, ecodefense, ecoterrorism
- environmentalismecology, conservationism, recycling bins, campaigner, environmentalism
- 2010sInstagram, Snapchat, Uber, Airbnb, Bitcoin
- 2020s trendssocial media, influencers, streaming, TikTok, Instagram
- activismboycotts, activists, activist, advocate, demonstrating
- Modern AmericaCOVID-19, pandemic, Great Recession, 9/11, Iraq War
climate activismpassivity
State of non-resistance
disengagement · complacency · willful ignorance · inertia · bystander effect
climate activismclimate denial
Rejecting scientific consensus on warming
climate denialism · climate skepticism · anti-environmentalism · greenwashing