
THE head of this year’s United Nations climate talks called today for governments and businesses to tackle global warming by reducing greenhouse gas emissions in all regions and sectors.
Sultan al-Jaber said that urgent action was needed if world leaders want to stop the planet from passing a key temperature limit agreed on more than seven years ago.
Mr Jaber of the United Arab Emirates, who also heads one of the country’s state oil companies, told senior officials from Europe, Canada and China gathered in Brussels that record-breaking heat seen across the world recently shows the need for urgent action to curb emissions.

Money makers already exploit cleaning and catering contracts while the military-industrial complex diverts billions from health to warfare — but Bevan’s vision will endure as long as people fight for it, writes ROGER MCKENZIE

ROGER McKENZIE looks at the gradual demise of US’s nefarious influence around the world and the complexity of impending freedom