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A similar set-up broke the political deadlock in Ireland, but the Tories don’t want to hear bold recommendations When MPs announced a citizens’ assembly on the climate emergency last June, two crucial things hadn’t yet happened: Boris Johnson’s takeover of the Conservative party; and the subsequent general election campaign where the main opposition parties each

In the second episode of The Frontline, a major series on how Australians are already experiencing the climate crisis, we show what daily life looks like in one of dozens of Australian towns that have run out of drinking water Continue reading…

2019 was the driest year in Australia’s recorded history. In places like Euchareena in the central west of NSW, water has become so scarce the only option has been to truck it in. But this comes with a serious cost that many can’t afford to pay. In this episode of Full Story we hear from

From climate change to the budget, we see politicians pretend they think something then do the opposite You don’t need to observe politics for too long before realising that hypocrisy is the natural scent of the politics. It is a stench that pervades much of what is said and policy that is enacted. There are

The Future We Choose, a new book by the architects of the Paris climate accords, offers contrasting visions for how the world might look in thirty years (read the worst case scenario here) • Christiana Figueres, author: ‘This is the decade and we are the generation’ It is 2050. We have been successful at halving

Osama bin Laden masterminded the attack on Manhattan’s World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, and US military preparations for a possible invasion of Iraq began almost immediately thereafter.  In February of the following year, Donald Rumsfeld, the United States Secretary of Defense, gave a press briefing.  Rumsfeld was asked to comment on reports that

IEA welcomes appointment of Alok Sharma but others worry about nature of his dual role Boris Johnson must put the climate crisis at the top of his government’s agenda if crunch UN talks this year are to be a success, leading international figures have told the Guardian. Alok Sharma was appointed on Thursday as the