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Boris Johnson has lurched into the chaos of cobbling together a team and strategy for hosting the United Nations (UN) Cop26 talks

Multinational bosses plan to keep pumping out more oil and gas—despite climate catastrophe. Sarah Bates looks at why we have to keep fossil fuels in the ground and why the industry is so central to how capitalism operates

The climate delayers and deniers in government reaffirmed their commitment to ignoring ecological breakdown this week.

The startling effects of climate change have highlighted the global catastrophe for people who might have thought they were immune. Camilla Royle explains the political context of the crisis and Caitlin Doyle looks at why the government wants business as usual, despite the evidence.

As the world’s billionaires were gathering in Davos for the 50th World Economic Forum, activists from across Europe were converging at the starting point of a three day march to oppose them. The three-day march began in the sleepy little town of Landquart, a village and railhead for the meter gauge line about 60 km...

Fear and anger are powerful emotions.

Boris Johnson has unveiled the Tories’ “strategy” in hosting the United Nations (UN) Cop 26 climate talks in November.

It’s not just the planet that’s hotting up—action to defend it is also ramping up a gear.

Over 50 people have been killed and tens of thousands displaced from their homes after floods and landslides hit Brazil. The country has recorded its heaviest rainfall in 110 years.

Around 150 people have begun the process of kick-starting Britain’s first “climate assembly”.

“Without treating this as a real crisis we cannot solve it,” was the rallying cry from school climate strike leader Greta Thunberg to world leaders this week.

Rebels took to Colne Valley, west London last Saturday in a day of direct action against the development of the high-speed HS2 train line.