The image of Theresa May as a cautious Lady Justice, carefully weighing decisions behind the scenes, may be working with the Brexit deal – but it might not with climate change. Rising global temperatures and increasingly extreme weather events will not move their diaries back so that the Prime Minister can conduct a little more consultation.
The US and China get this: last weekend the two world-leading economies formally announced that they will ratify the Paris Climate Agreement. So why is our government stalling on green policy? And does Jeremy Corbyn’s new environment and energy manifesto offer a better alternative?
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