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When it comes to climate change, the public is way ahead of the government
While ministers have floundered, it is the people that have been demanding better.
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The massive challenge of climate action in oil-dependent Iraq
Oil provides 90 per cent of Iraq’s revenue. Even as farmland dries up, fractured governance makes reform seem almost impossible.
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The G20’s failure to end the world’s coal addiction bodes ill for Cop26
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is seen as the key obstacle to any agreement on phasing out coal.
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Boris Johnson tells world leaders they’re failing on climate change
The Prime Minister insists there are “no compelling excuses” for delaying climate action as the G20 ends in Rome.
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How net zero is becoming the new normal
Net-zero emissions by mid-century is a catchy concept, but it won’t be enough without tough interim targets.
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Climate concern doesn’t divide by income: politicians should stop portraying it as a “class war”
Right-wing interests present eco-anxiety as a middle-class issue, but lower income groups will suffer most from climate impacts.
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Boris Johnson likens climate change to “the decline and fall of the Roman empire”
The Prime Minister warned that “things could go backwards at a really terrifying speed” on his flight to the G20…
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