It’s easy to feel powerless about climate chaos. Here’s what gives me hope
The Guardian••world
Key Points:
- The climate justice movement achieved significant victories in 2025, driven by grassroots organizers, Indigenous peoples, activists, and communities demanding equitable and inclusive climate policies.
- Despite the failure of UN climate negotiations to phase out fossil fuels, Cop30 established the first-ever just transition mechanism (JTM) to ensure a fair shift to a green economy protecting vulnerable groups.
- A coalition led by Colombia and the Netherlands, supported by 22 nations, plans to develop an independent roadmap for fossil fuel phaseout, bypassing slow UN consensus processes and potentially enabling sanctions against fossil fuel supporters.
- Courts worldwide, including the International Court of Justice, have increasingly recognized governments' legal obligations to phase out fossil fuels, with landmark rulings reinforcing climate accountability and
