COP & Climate Policy

A planet-wide general strike is our way – our only way –  of collectively stopping the capitalist death machine from within

Addressing climate change is a big enough idea to revive the economy.

The court is breaking with precedent, procedure and prudence to achieve the ultra-conservative majority’s policy preferences

"COP26 is being sold as the place to raise ambition, but it's crawling with fossil fuel lobbyists whose only ambition is to stay in business."

Turning to the U.S., a mere 60 percent of voters regard global warming as an urgent problem for government. It is only the most urgent problem that humans have ever faced

Shared struggles, shared solutions: connecting communities from east London to Ogoniland in search of justice

Analysis: The new president has framed the challenge of global heating as an opportunity for US jobs, saying: ‘We have to be bold’

The international climate talks in Egypt — the 27th Conference of Parties to the 1992 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP27 — have become a

‘We need to be bold,’ Biden says, signing orders to halt fossil fuel activity on public lands and transform the government’s fleet of cars into electric vehicles

The US spent six decades losing the climate war as fossil fuel companies spread misinformation. It has finally gained significant ground

Poor countries, rocked by storms and flooding from climate change, have spent years trying to hold the big carbon-emitters accountable. While most rich nations have fiercely resisted this liability, attendees at COP26 will give it another try in Glasgow.

During Obama's presidency, the U.S. became a leader in the fight against climate change, but Trump ends this reign

Critics of the Green New Deal ask if we can afford it. But we can’t afford not to: our civilisation is at stake