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Students take part in the Scottish Youth Climate Strike, in Holyrood, Edinburgh, last month
JOHN McDONNELL flagged the tackling of climate change and the restriction of investment in “planet-killing” projects as an “absolute priority” for the next Labour government today.
The shadow chancellor is leading a new review group to pinpoint how the financial sector could be exacerbating climate change, with a report expected to be published in October.
The first role of a Labour government would be to “deliver a green industrial revolution through a national transformation fund,” he said in a speech in central London.
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
Coal-fired stoves in traditional homes are the primary source of extreme levels of air pollution in over-crowded Ulaanbaatar. As more people become climate-displaced, the situation is likely to worsen, write SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
The Communist Party of Britain’s Congress last month debated a resolution on ending opposition to all nuclear power in light of technological advances and the climate crisis. RICHARD HEBBERT explains why
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