Governments need to represent us, not fossil-fuel profiteers. We need plans to phase out fossil fuel production and emissions

Canada is on fire from coast to coast to coast. Thousands have been evacuated, millions exposed to air pollution, New York a doom orange and even the titans of Wall Street choking.

Catastrophic flooding in Pakistan, back-to-back cyclones in the Pacific islands and droughts in Africa haven’t been enough to create a tipping point for action. Now that climate impacts have hit the economic capital of western power, will it spur governments in the global north to get serious?

Continue reading…

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

You May Also Like

David Byrne on leaving Spotify and turning 70: ‘I think I am more optimistic now’

Talking Heads frontman speaks about his new song with Australian musician Montaigne,…

Gender inequality and outdated voting metrics: are the Brit awards still hitting the wrong notes?

The ceremony will broadcast on a Saturday for the first time to…

Diabetes ‘wakeup call’ as 1,500 children in England have type 2

Charity says government must do more to tackle childhood obesity with one…

‘He beat me many times’: how trafficked women are sexually exploited in UK

Victims reveal broken promises, physical and verbal abuse and almost constant surveillance…