End the circus of COP once and for all
We’re the clowns, smiling manically as weak pledges are presented as progress, amid mayhem.
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Cop27 shows climate collaboration can survive dark times
Diplomacy is fraught and slow, but a new pledge on loss and damage shows there may yet be a dawn.
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Cop27: Everything you need to know about the Egypt climate summit
This year’s UN climate change conference has been one of the most challenging yet. Here are the key details from…
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Businesses are at a “cliff edge” – and the Autumn Statement hasn’t helped
The British Chambers of Commerce director-general says Hunt has ignored the private sector’s biggest concerns.
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The five climate pitfalls of the Autumn Statement
From higher taxes on renewables to inadequate energy efficiency, experts warn Jeremy Hunt’s climate policies are “damaging”.
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The Policy Ask with Gail Bradbrook: “I don’t believe the UK is a functional democracy”
The scientist and co-founder of Extinction Rebellion on her working class background, fossil fuels and citizen rights.
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How climate success rests on a carbon market crackdown
Cop27 is at (article) sixes and sevens over rules governing the trade of carbon credits.
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Cop27 must not ignore the clarion call for climate finance
Poorer countries face mounting debt unless the system changes.
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