Another voice drawing on a history of anti-apartheid campaigning to consider climate change, Tutu is one of the elders of South African activism, a charismatic and well-known voice which resonates powerfully the world over. A retired Anglican bishop, Tutu is also one of a growing number of people making a faith-based case for climate change action, and utilizing religious communities and resources for campaigning. Although at 82, he limits his activity in public life, in April this year he called for an ‘apartheid-style’ boycott for climate, arguing “People of conscience need to break their ties with corporations financing the injustice of climate change” and boycott events, sports teams and media programming sponsored by fossil-fuel energy companies.

Kevin Anderson
Engineer calling for radical emissions cuts

Winnie Byanyima
Pushing gender and justice in the climate debate

Jeremy Farrar
Could he help bring biomedicine to the climate debate?

Van Jones
Painting a future of green jobs

Grassroots activists
Real, not astroturf

Li Keqiang
Premier of the planet’s biggest emitter

Crystal Lameman
First Nations voice in North American environment policy

Melissa Leach
Opening up discourse on sustainable development

Michael Liebreich
Olympian voice for new energy finance

Malini Mehra
Working with the Indian diaspora and more for global corporate responsibility

Kumi Naidoo
Fearless Director of Greenpeace International

Sunita Narain
Indian environmental activist

David Roberts
Covering the climate beat, one PDF at a time

Claudia Salerno
A bloodied hand for climate change

Yeb Saño
Unlikely star of Warsaw talks

Amartya Sen
Indian economist and philosopher

Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
Championing rights of indigenous peoples

Desmond Tutu
South African social rights activist

Mark Watts
Cities as global leaders

Malala Yousafzai
New youthful voice on climate?
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Road to Paris is where science, policy and economics meet on our way to the 2015 climate conference in Paris.
Road to Paris is where science, policy and economics meet on our way to the 2015 climate conference in Paris.