Articles by Danny Chivers
How Ecuadorians saved Yasuní
Danny Chivers reports on how the people of Ecuador voted against the oil giants and for the Yasuní National Park.-
Ending the artwash
UK arts had largely ditched fossil fuel sponsorships after years of activism. Danny Chivers reports on how industry ties have been reshaped. -
Electric cars – climate saviours or eco-villains?
Should we believe the hype about electric cars? Danny Chivers assesses the state of play. -
Coal in a hole
Could the Adani Group’s financial troubles be good news for the climate? Asks Danny Chivers. -
How to fight the clampdown on climate activism
Governments are pushing back against climate activism with violence, anti-protest laws and prison sentences. But we can resist, writes Danny Chivers. -
Temperature check
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Payback time
Danny Chivers reports on the movements making links between international debt and the climate crisis in a bold and imaginative way.
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Can we banish polluters from billboards?
Is it time we banned ads from greenwashing fossil fuel companies? Danny Chivers has some answers.
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The ultimate 2022 climate to-do list
What will be the definitive climate struggles of 2022? Danny Chivers shares global activists’ to do list.
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Soil – the climate fix that COP forgot
Danny Chivers digs into a major Indian farming project that pulls carbon from the air – and increases yields for farmers.
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West Papua: A Green State vision
Research shows that when indigenous people have proper control of forests, biodiversity is much better protected. Danny Chivers speaks to Raki Ap about the case for supporting West Papuan statehood.
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Cleaning up the climate talks
After years of campaigning, Big Oil has finally been barred from COP26. But other big polluters still need to be kicked out, writes Danny Chivers.
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Five useful things you can do during COP26
Danny Chivers offers up five useful things we can all do to secure meaningful action during the COP26 climate talks.
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Is there such a thing as a ‘good’ carbon offset?
Is there more to carbon offsetting than greenwash? Danny Chivers explores.
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Let the people protect the forests
Want to restore and protect the world's forests? Then uphold the rights of the people who live in them, says Danny Chivers.
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Carbon capture – still a pipe dream?
Danny Chivers weighs up the evidence on carbon-capture technologies and finds them wanting.
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Can Amazon really deliver a low-carbon future?
Danny Chivers reveals the deep flaws of ‘net-zero’ targets.
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Temperature check
Danny Chivers is buoyed up by three decisive victories led by indigenous groups against fossil fuel interests in Australia, Brazil and Canada.
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When a ‘climate election’ goes wrong
All is not lost. Danny Chivers offers four movement-building strategies for the years ahead.
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Why is public money propping up fossil fuels?
Danny Chivers unpacks how the public purse continues to subsidize extractive industry.
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Seven ways to fight fires in the Amazon
Danny Chivers explains how those outside Latin America can act in solidarity with forest defenders.
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Five paths to combatting climate breakdown
Climate breakdown is in the spotlight. Danny Chivers offers five ways to seize the moment.
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Defusing the carbon bomb
In order to avoid climate breakdown, over 80 per cent of known fossil-fuel reserves must stay in the ground. Danny Chivers has this round-up of social movements targeting mines, rigs, infrastructure and investment.
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Are oil companies losing their social license?
As opposition to fossil-fuel sponsorship grows, arts institutions funded by big oil are looking increasingly out of touch. Danny Chivers reports.
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Five climate struggles to watch in 2019
Danny Chivers reports on the key environmental struggles to keep track of in the coming year.
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‘Every signature was an act of courage’
How did West Papuan campaigners build a 1.8 million-strong petition despite Indonesian repression? By Danny Chivers. -
Morning star rising
After 54 years of struggle under Indonesian rule, is freedom finally in sight for West Papua? Danny Chivers investigates.
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Cowspiracy: stampeding in the wrong direction?
There’s much to admire in the documentary but its political framing and a major error threaten to undermine its message, writes Danny Chivers.
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Paris deal: Epic fail on a planetary scale
The Paris Agreement is being hailed as a great success. But will it deliver climate justice? Danny Chivers and Jess Worth put it to the test.
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'The real power is below'
Campaigners, unionists and organizers discuss Paris, and beyond, from New Internationalist's November magazine.
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Introducing... The Eight Great Greenwashers
Ahead of the Rio +20 Earth Summit, Danny Chivers exposes the canny, crafty and plain deceitful claims of corporations co-opting 'sustainability'
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Biofuels - the good, the bad and the ugly
From wood to algae, biofuels have been around for years. But they're not necessarily all they're cracked up to be. Danny Chivers has the low-down.
Podcast: Danny Chivers on climate change denial
An interview with the author of our No-Nonsense Guide to Climate Change
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Switching off denial: a guide
How do you respond to people in climate denial? Danny Chivers offers a step-by-step guide to rebutting the most common arguments against climate change.
