Climate Change
Trade Union Program for a Public, Low-Carbon Energy Future
November 9, 2021
The following “Trade Union Program for a Public, Low-Carbon, Energy Future” (“Program”) is the result of the work of a Trade Union...
COP26 Report Reveals ‘Massive’ Credibility Gap Between Climate Commitments and 1.5°C...
If all the announced net-zero commitments are implemented, the global temperature would rise 1.8°C by 2100, policy experts said, adding, "but this is only...
COP26 climate summit ends in failure
By Patrick Martin
Nov.9, 2021
As the global climate summit COP26 drags out to its miserable end this week in Glasgow, Scotland, the major capitalist powers...
The UN’s Big Climate Summit Is Ignoring a Giant Red Flag
Not a single day will be devoted to food and agriculture, the source of a quarter of global emissions.
By Tom Philpott
Oct 29, 2021
When politicians, scientists,...
The Dirty Truth About Clean Technologies
The poor South is being exploited so that the rich North can transition to environmental sustainability. Entire swaths of land are being destroyed to...
‘We need a global Green New Deal’ – inequality and climate...
by Bethany Rielly in Glasgow
Nov.8, 2021
TAXING the rich is one of the main tools to saving the planet, politicians calling for a green new...
Indigenous activists lead tens of thousands in mass climate demonstration
By Niall Christie and Bethany Rielly in Glasgow
Nov. 8, 2021
INDIGENOUS activists led tens of thousands of protesters through the streets of Glasgow on Saturday,...
Greta Thunberg Accuses World Leaders of ‘Pure Madness’ for Climate Failures...
"We don't need any more distant, non-binding pledges. We don't need any more empty promises... Yet that is all that we are getting and...
Climate protests: fury, and optimism, in the Glasgow rain
As Cop26 reached halfway stage, rallies were held around the world, with actor Idris Elba among those calling for African voices to be central...
Climate crisis: Over 200 health journals urge world leaders to tackle...
06 September 2021
More than 200 health journals have called on governments to take emergency action to tackle the “catastrophic harm to health” from climate...