IF YOU could go back in time, would you kill Adolf Hitler?
It’s a staple question of counterfactuals and science fiction alike. It asks two main questions: does the end justify the means?
And how far are historical events caused by powerful individual actors?
IAN SINCLAIR recommends an important and timely book for climate politics right now and in the future
The collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation poses an existential threat — but do today’s politicians have the capacity to deliver the more resilient and sustainable economics of tomorrow, wonders ALAN SIMPSON
When it comes to extreme weather events, from wildfires to flash floods, it’s firefighters who are on the front line of defence, but services have been cut to the bone, and government is not taking seriously its responsibility for the environment, says STEVE WRIGHT



