Economists estimate extreme poverty could be drastically reduced for a fraction of global defence spending, yet military budgets continue to expand year on year, says JON TRICKETT MP, ahead of the Stop the War International Conference on Saturday
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Sinking below the waves
PETER FROST looks a bit deeper into the troubled waters left behind by the Cop26 climate conference in Glasgow
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ALL THE fuss of the Glasgow Cop conference is over. Will much come of it except a few useful video clips for Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s next election campaign? Frankly, I doubt it. I think Greta Thunberg got it just about right with her “blah, blah, blah” comment.
The world’s stateswomen and men, at least those who were at Glasgow, insisted they were having to take a global view, but I think it is easier to put in perspective if we look at the smaller, more detailed changes that climate catastrophe will bring.
For me, the most disappointing and frankly terrifying news to emerge was the threat to some of my favourite kinds of places. I’ve always loved islands and low-lying estuaries, the places where sea and land meet.
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