Climate 100

The Independent Climate 100 List 2024

Our inaugural list of the world’s foremost environmental changemakers is not in order of importance, nor does it compare or rank one climate hero against another

The Climate 100 List: Join our event celebrating leading lights

<p> The list includes changemaking activists, scientists, academics, philanthropists, political leaders, business and tech leaders, and fashion entrepreneurs</p>

<p>Wawa Gatheru spoke at the inaugural Climate 100 List event in New York City and stressed the importance of community in a warming world</p>

Activist Wawa Gatheru calls on older generations not to ‘borrow hope’ from Gen Z

<p>The award-winning author John Vaillant speaks at The Independent’s event in New York on Wednesday to honor the inaugural 2024 class of the Climate 100 List </p>

Celebrated author John Vaillant on our new era of megafires: ‘The world changed because we changed it’

Former British Prime Minister Theresa May speaks

Theresa May denounces Trump, Farage and Le Pen over climate denial at The Independent’s Climate 100 event

Far-right leaders in Europe and the US are trying to wreck measures to save the planet, Theresa May warns. They want to ‘stir up a culture war’ to win votes, says the former PM, who criticises Trump for calling climate change ‘a hoax’ – and accuses Nigel Farage of ‘politicising’ the issue.

<p>The Archbishop of Canterbury has said God is green</p>

Archbishop’s plea: ‘Act now before it is too late to save the world’

<p>Livia Firth, founder of EcoAge, the Green Carpet Challenge, and campaigner against fast fashion</p>

Climate 100 List: Livia Firth’s long fight against fast fashion

<p>Climate activist, journalist and author Bill McKibben who has started two major climate organizations, 350.org and Third Act. </p>

Climate 100 List: Bill McKibben, the writer who built global movements

<p>Jonathan Maxwell, the investment banker behind Sustainable Development Capital </p>

Jonathan Maxwell, the banker turning waste energy into billions

<p>Businesswoman Charlot Magayi. The life-changing stoves she’s designed are not only safer to use, but have dramatically reduced <a href="/topic/pollution">pollution from</a> the simple act of cooking at home.</p>

The Climate 100 List: Charlot Magayi’s daughter almost died. Now, she’s saving families from a common threat

<p>A hopper barge stranded in a sandbank at Brazil’s Solimoes River on Tuesday. The country is experiencing its worst drought since measurements began, with rivers at their lowest levels in decades. </p>

Worst drought on record is drying up Amazon rivers as wildfires rage

<p>Reusable packaging is not a cure-all to fixing the plastic emissions problem </p>

Why reusable plastics can’t fix the climate crisis