Thread by @Channel4News

As the climate crisis worsens, Channel 4 News is charting the devastating impact it is having on Planet Earth.

You can watch all our major reports from the past year here: channel4.com/news/emergency…

We report from Greenland, where the residents in the tiny northern settlement of Siorapaluk have to gamble on their annual seal hunt – because nowadays nobody knows when the ice will freeze over. channel4.com/news/how-clima…

In the Amazon basin, deforestation hit record levels this year.

@alextomo met an Amazon tribe one tribe resisting the destruction of what could be one of the last natural defences against climate change. channel4.com/news/the-amazo…

Last year, the UN warned that we need to act without delay to prevent the destruction of coral reefs and stop sea levels rising by as much as ten centimetres.

If that happened large parts of the world could become uninhabitable, it said. channel4.com/news/scientist…

And we spoke to Greta Thunberg at the ‘Extinction Rebellion’ protests in London.

“No-one is too small to make a difference,” she said. “Everyone can do something.”
channel4.com/news/greta-thu…

Other young climate activists have also spoken out about why their generation is taking a stand.

One campaigner, Bella Lack, talked to @cathynewman about why she joined widespread school strike protests, inspired by Greta Thunberg.
channel4.com/news/young-cli…

You can watch all our latest major reports on the climate crisis here: channel4.com/news/emergency…