Brazilian indigenous leaders visited Rome on Monday as part of a campaign which will see them visit 12 European countries to protest against their government's approach to climate change.

Representatives of environmental organisations spoke out against Chilean President Sebastian Pinera's Wednesday decision to cancel two major international summits so he can respond to protracted nationwide protests.

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Climate activist Greta Thunberg said on Tuesday that the upcoming COP25 UN climate change conference in Madrid was an opportunity to achieve a better outcome for the environment than previous gatherings.

Climate activist Greta Thunberg said Tuesday she hoped the COP25 climate summit in Madrid would finally bring some good news after so many meetings.

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World leaders were arriving on Monday for the start of a two-week international climate conference in Madrid that seeks to step up efforts to stop global warming.

Acting Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, on Saturday visited the site of this year's COP25 climate change conference.

Protesters gathered in the conference centre in Madrid where delegates are taking part in the COP25 climate talks.

Environmental groups staged protests outside the climate summit venue in Madrid to express their frustration at the slow pace of the talks.

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was named Time's “person of the year” Wednesday, becoming at age 16 the youngest person to whom the US magazine has given the title.

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As negotiations at the United Nations climate talks in Madrid continued into the night on Saturday, activists staged a protest outside the COP25 venue.

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Protesters gathered outside the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Madrid on Thursday, calling on Japan to stop supporting the use of coal, domestically and internationally.

Climate activists from the Extinction Rebellion group parked a boat outside the venue of the COP 25 climate summit in Madrid on Monday.

New York billionaire Michael Bloomberg was in Madrid on Tuesday for his first foreign trip as a presidential hopeful where he attended the United Nations global climate conference.

Philip McMaster, an advocate of more sustainable life clad in Santa Claus clothing, spread his message at the UN climate conference in Madrid on Thursday.  

French environmental activists brandished stolen portraits of President Emmanuel Macron at a protest on Sunday near the Eiffel Tower to try to push the government to do more to fight climate change.

The finance ministers of Chile and Finland on Monday called for countries to "put a price on carbon."

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said a just transition on climate must secure decent and inclusive jobs for all workers.

The "European Green Deal" has been welcomed by experts attending the United Nations climate conference in Madrid for its holistic approach, but for some it did not go far enough in tackling the climate crisis.

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