Ecuador’s election wasn’t free — and its people will pay the price under President Noboa
The risk of climate catastrophe must not be forgotten
With Trump seeking to withdraw from the Paris Climate Change Agreement, we need to keep up the pressure for real action on global warming, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE

JUST weeks before Boris Johnson failed to take the strong lead and measures necessary in responding to the coronavirus crisis, he went missing as floods devastated communities across Britain.
The fact that many on the hard right deny the need for real action to tackle climate change does not alter the fact that the increasingly regular and severe floods here — alongside extreme events across the globe such as the Amazon and Australian fires — are clear examples of a deepening climate emergency that needs to be addressed urgently in the period ahead.
Progressives need to be absolutely clear that the Tory record on this issue is woeful, with figures suggesting the government could fail to meet its own climate targets by 50 years.
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