Cop27 shows climate collaboration can survive dark times
Diplomacy is fraught and slow, but a new pledge on loss and damage shows there may yet be a dawn.
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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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The five climate pitfalls of the Autumn Statement
From higher taxes on renewables to inadequate energy efficiency, experts warn Jeremy Hunt’s climate policies are “damaging”.
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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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Can the Amazon rainforest be saved from environmental destruction?
Tree planting may be fashionable but stopping deforestation should be the true measure of success.
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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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Live carbon emissions tracker: How do countries compare?
The New Statesman is tracking the progress of the world’s emissions and pledges in the run up to Cop27 in…
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Is nuclear energy actually sustainable?
Sizewell C, if built, would not produce electricity until the 2030s. SMRs could be up and running as soon as…
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The melting of the ice
3 July 1920: What a vision it must have been whenever it took place!
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Labour can win by telling a better story about climate action
The opposition must focus on economic resilience and stay out of “loss and damage” culture wars.
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Why we need to speak of climate crisis, not climate change
In this case, semantics do matter.
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Boris Johnson tries to upstage his latest replacement at Cop27
The former PM’s call at the conference to “incarnate the spirit of Glasgow” is an attempt to burnish his legacy.
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The US and UK are falling short of their “fair share” of climate financing
Britain is contributing $1.4bn less than needed to offset its historical emissions.
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Why Rishi Sunak flip-flopped on Cop
Can the climate crisis summit achieve anything?
Climate finance: Who pays to close the inequality gap?
The UN’s annual climate finance target of $100bn is not nearly enough to help poorer countries cope with the consequences…
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Surveillance, greenwashing and a hunger strike: welcome to Egypt’s Cop27
Can the authoritarian state, currently building a water-consuming desert capital, host a summit that achieves real change?
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