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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (centre), Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband (left) and Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves during a visit to a manufacturing facility in Chester, October 4, 2024
CAMPAIGNERS condemned the government for wearing “fossil fuel-sponsored ear defenders” after a landmark report by leading climate scientists warned that the planet is on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster.
The 2024 State of the Climate Report tracked 35 of the planet’s “vital signs” used to track climate change, and found that 25 of them, including CO2 levels, have hit record extremes.
It found that surface temperature had reached an all-time high, with global daily mean temperatures at record levels for nearly half of 2023 and much of 2024.
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
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