COP21, Paris, 2015. Members of civil society demonstrate around the venue.

COP21, Paris, 2015. Members of civil society call to ‘kick big polluters out’ of the climate negotiations.

COP21, Paris, 2015. Members of civil society participate in a demonstration calling for action to support the Climate Vulnerable Forum’s declaration, full decarbonization and 100% renewable energy by 2050. Photo published on the cover of Climate Action Network (CAN) Annual Report, 2016.

COP21, Paris, 2015. Youth advocate for delegates to ‘do the right move’ to reach a climate agreement. Youth perform a dance-off, encouraging delegates to ‘do the right move’ to deal with climate change.

COP21, Paris, 2015. Members of civil society show their dissatisfaction about key issues being ‘cut’ from the negotiating text.

COP21, Paris, 2015. Members of civil society form a long human chain to lay down their ‘red lines which cannot be crossed’ as part of the climate negotiations.

COP21, Paris. 2015. Members of civil society demonstrate against including big polluters in the climate negotiations

COP21, Paris, 2015. Canadian youth demonstrate the inevitable impact of climate change, and call on leaders to engage proactively with youth to promote social justice.

COP21, Paris, 2015. Handprints on a banner symbolise people’s commitment to climate action.

COP21, Paris, 2015. Members of civil society call on negotiators to ‘choose hope’ by limiting global temperature increase. At the largest civil society action at COP 21, Climate Action Network (CAN) advocate for crucial steps to be taken to avoid a doom scenario for the planet

Bonn Climate Change Conference, 2015. Members of PETA hold a demonstration advocating for the protection of animals through a vegan diet.

Geneva, 2017. Shinobu Sakamoto, a woman living with fetal Minamata disease, shares her story at the first COP of the Minamata Convention on Mercury

Manilla, 2017. At the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), delegates dress up as endangered shark species to raise awareness.

UNFCCC COP23, Bonn, 2017. Members of the Women’s Group call for delegates to ‘reach’ for higher ambition

UNFCCC COP23, Bonn, 2017. A life-size copper polar bear, impaled 6-meter above the ground, depicts the “hockey-stick” graph of global CO2 emissions

UNFCCC COP23, Bonn, 2017. An art installation titled ‘Unbearable’ depicts the climate crisis, including a ‘freedom to pollute’ sculpture of the US Statue of Liberty

UNFCCC COP23, Bonn, 2017. An art installation titled ‘Unbearable’ depicts the climate crisis, including bronze sculptures of climate refugees

UNFCCC COP23, Bonn. Members of Indigenous Peoples groups advocate for their rights to be respected in the climate negotiations.

UNFCCC COP23, Bonn, 2017. Members of civil society hand out chocolate coins, promoting the need for climate finance for adaptation.

UNFCCC COP23, Bonn, 2017. Civil society members put coins into a ‘green’ piggybank, reminding delegates of the need for the climate funding.

UNFCCC COP23, Bonn, 2017. Activists against the use of fossil fuels

UNFCCC COP23, Bonn, 2017. A flag flies against a stormy sky on the final day of the climate negotiations.

UNFCCC COP23, Bonn, 2017. A member of civil society calls for the end to the era of fossil fuels

UNFCCC COP23, Bonn, 2017. The Eiffel Tower wanders through the venue to remind delegates of the Paris goals