Cop26 diaries: Doorstepping Rishi Sunak and Squid Game demos
Our diarist on inspiring young people and holding leaders to account.
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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.
Cop26 diaries: Best last hope?
Our guest diarist considers which nations have been stepping up to these negotiations.
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Cop26 diary: Airbnb-gate and Dettol
Our guest diarist arrives for his tenth set of Cop negotiations.
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It is time to set a “real” carbon budget
Pledges need to be backed by legally binding actions.
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A climate referendum is a deadly threat – greens must prepare to fight one now
We need to stop talking about heat pumps and carbon budgets and start talking about capitalism, wealth and power.
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Can the world trust China on climate change?
Xi Jinping’s attempts to win the world’s confidence on environmental policy relies on the US’s failure to do likewise.
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Why climate activists should support the bin strikes marring Cop26’s elite spectacle
The walk-out of refuse collectors in Glasgow is an opportunity for a formidable show of solidarity with workers.
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Why the world must abandon coal power to avoid climate catastrophe
Western countries need to completely phase out coal by 2030 to limit global warming to below 1.5°C.
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Why Big Oil is about to experience its “Big Tobacco” moment
A historic congressional hearing with oil executives may not have produced a smoking gun, but the tobacco industry has showed…
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Cop26 must not be a missed turning point
Politicians know climate action is urgent, but they need the will to act now
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Fears about climate migration are being used to build up borders
Governments, companies and even well-intentioned NGOs are part of the problem
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Green steel is the answer
Now is the time for a transformative surge in investment to secure the steel sector’s future.
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Planet-positive should be profit-positive
Consumers are choosing to spend their money with responsibility in mind.
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Thomas Keneally on climate loss: Midwinter Sydney days reach 24°C, and I dream of glacial mornings
In the bush town where I started school, the dairy farmer’s kids had chilblains in winter. The chilblains are gone…
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Ahdaf Soueif on climate loss: In Egypt, we watch as concrete is sunk into the Nile
I have lost the ability to talk to my grandchildren happily and hopefully about the world.
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Tessa Hadley on climate loss: At bedtime, I realise there aren’t as many insects in the night-time invasion
In autumn now, brushing through bleached long grass, isn’t the raised cloud of dust-coloured living things sadly diminished?
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Richard Flanagan on climate loss: Tasmanian tigers are lost to us now – and the rainforests they roamed could go the same way
Just enough remains in Tasmania to remind me that we live in the great autumn of things.
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The great climate collaboration
Small businesses have had a tough year, but here at Natwest we are talking about how to support their recovery…
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James Lovelock at 100: “My life has been one mass of visions”
At home in Dorset, James Lovelock talks about climate change, green politics, the mysteries of existence, the resilience of the…
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The Queen’s admirable commitment to tackling climate change
No recent Prime Minister has supported the forestry project. Only the Queen has thought it worth her time.
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