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Some of 26 ice sculptures of children installed on New Brighton Beach, Wallasey in Merseyside, to highlight the forthcoming Cop26 global climate conference
BORIS JOHNSON has been urged to get off of his sun lounger and show some leadership to ensure that next month’s United Nations climate talks do not become a “greenwash summit.”
The Prime Minister, who is on holiday at the Spanish home of a prominent Tory peer, faces heavy criticism over a lack of clear targets ahead of the crucial Cop26 conference in Glasgow.
Shadow business secretary Ed Miliband is due to set out the “undeniable and frightening maths” of emissions reductions today, showing the world remains very far from where it needs to be ahead of the UN summit.
The future does not have to be climate chaos and social breakdown. MARC VANDEPITTE looks at the alternatives offered by the Global Justice Report, co-authored by Thomas Piketty
Unions and climate activists pressure government to consider legislation for maximum working temperature
Established as a landmark victory for the climate movement, the CCC promised to hold governments to account. Today, it is understating the danger of climate chaos and impeding the radical action needed, says IAN SINCLAIR
From summit to summit, imperialist companies and governments cut, delay or water down their commitments, warn the Communist Parties of Britain, France, Portugal and Spain and the Workers Party of Belgium in a joint statement on Cop30