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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Why climate despair is a luxury
Those facing flood and fire can’t afford to lose hope. Neither should we.
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Just stop the need for Just Stop Oil, says climate adviser
A scathing report from the independent Climate Change Committee has condemned government’s slow progress.
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Can Clean Air Zones fix the UK’s air pollution problem?
The controversial initiative has come under fire from local leaders.
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We must stop investing in our own demise
How to restructure the global financial system to combat climate change.
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The problem with Peter Frankopan’s theory of history
The Earth Transformed seeks to tell the story of climate change without confronting global capitalism. The result is a book…
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Hail the assassins
The American youth has lost its radical temper – Daniel Goldhaber’s film How to Blow Up a Pipeline is an…
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Climate activists take the brunt of police crackdown on protests
Exclusive data analysis by the New Statesman exposes a disproportionate rise in police intervention in climate change protests.
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A history of snowfall in the UK
Is the dream of a “white Christmas” over?
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Are we approaching a new wave of fascism?
How climate change benefits the extreme right.
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Cop15: the most important summit you’ve never heard of
This month’s UN biodiversity summit is a “last chance” for much of the earth’s nature abundance.
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Why we signed up to the ICS Clean Air Framework
We can’t achieve the NHS’s net zero goals without action on air pollution.
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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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Cop27 must not ignore the clarion call for climate finance
Poorer countries face mounting debt unless the system changes.
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Air pollution is the biggest environmental risk to the UK’s health – here’s why
Air quality is connected to poor health outcomes and healthcare authorities can work to improve it.
The dangerous conceits of the green revolution
The climate emergency requires serious politics – not bourgeois protests that block traffic and vandalise works of art.
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The African Cop must ensure rich nations pay up
Broken climate pledges undermine the global order.
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Cop27 leaders – hold your nerve and reinforce the need for urgent action
In the second week of fraught talks, negotiators at the UN climate summit need to stay focused.
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