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A shadow hangs over this year’s Chelsea Flower Show – our climate crisis
Chelsea was always ecologically problematic, but it feels impossible now to view it simply as a pretty flower show.
ByNew Times,
New Thinking.
The vast majority of scientists agree that human activities, such as the burning of fossil fuels that release greenhouse gases, are now the main driving force behind climate change, which is raising global temperatures and affecting weather patterns. Here you can find the New Statesman’s expert coverage on climate change as well as our analysis on activism, climate justice and the overall crisis.
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