The battle to save net zero is being played out in the courts
Litigation, along with electoral politics and popular protest, is becoming a key tool in the fight against climate change.
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Climate crisis describes the heightened urgency of global warming and climate change and the impact they are having on the world. Drought, wildfires and habitat loss are becoming increasingly common; scientists and campaigners say only radical action can avert the worst effects. Read all of the New Statesman’s expert coverage on the climate crisis here.
The Research Brief: Extreme weather could bankrupt the UK in 100 years
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Five things to watch out for at Cop28
From loss and damage to King Charles, the key trends and moments at this year's UN climate summit in UAE.
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At Cop28, the UK must be honest about UAE’s human rights record
Climate breakdown and rights abuses are intrinsically linked.
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Pierre Friedlingstein: There are no “magical climate solutions”
Nothing matters more than ending fossil fuel consumption, says one of the world's leading climate scientists.
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How quickly are sea levels rising?
Swathes of Norfolk will be underwater in the coming decades, reveals an interactive data project by the New Statesman.
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The Policy Ask with Mike Thornton: “Businesses respond to certainty almost as well as money”
The chief executive of the Energy Saving Trust on retrofitting homes, the cost-of-living crisis and government backtracking over electric vehicles.
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The Research Brief: How planning problems are slowing down the green transition
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The Research Brief: how local authorities can lead on nature-based climate solutions
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Believing in scarcity leaves us poorer
In a time of food insecurity and climate catastrophe, we mustn’t be tempted by apocalyptic Malthusian prophecies.
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António Guterres: “It’s time to mobilise the world’s resources for Africa’s renewables revolution”
At the Africa Climate Summit, 54 nations called for the developed world to meet its $100bn-a-year climate pledge.
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Naomi Klein’s mirror world
The writer and activist on being mistaken for a conspiracy theorist.
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Global heating and the future of work
As summer draws to a close, businesses need to consider mitigation strategies for a future in which heatwaves are more…
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What has the energy price cap got to do with the climate?
The move to net zero is contributing to rising bills, but should ultimately also help lower them.
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Gina Martin Q&A: “The fear of societal collapse can feel like torture”
The activist on climate change, Lucian Freud, and how The Basement Yard on YouTube keeps her joyful.
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George Monbiot: how I escape climate despair
The climate crisis is terrifying. But kayaking off the coast of Britain, I still find joy.
Labour must not be the party of middle-class environmentalism
The same liberal voices that led us astray on Brexit are doing the same on the climate crisis.
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The Tories just want to watch the world burn
Rishi Sunak is putting the Conservatives’ narrow partisan interests ahead of the common good on climate change.
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Would there still have been global warming under socialism?
Market failure certainly delays aggressive climate action, but even had the whole world in the 20th century been socialist, the…
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Summer at the end of the world
The world is close to collapse. But can our love of summer save it?
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