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Firefighters battling a grass fire on Leyton flats in east London, August 2022
PUBLIC concern about climate change has increased sharply this summer, new polling reveals.
One in four Britons now see the environment as an important issue for the country, double the proportion in July.
The findings from the monthly Ipsos Issues Index come after the Tories faced a backlash for watering down green policies, supposedly in response to the cost-of-living crisis.
The glacier collapse in Nepal is yet another warning that a warming planet is making Himalayan disasters more frequent and destructive – but the countries facing the greatest risks are often those least responsible, says LI YANG
Burnham urged to stand up to the fossil fuel giants and reject plans to drill Britain’s largest untapped oil fields
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As Ontario burns, campaigners are demanding action – not more pipelines, says DAVE McKEE
