Top polluter or renewables leader?
DAVID CAVENDISH examines the facts behind China’s environmental record
The welcome news that Cuba has finally been removed from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list is tempered by the fact that Donald Trump, the man who put it there, is returning to the White House, warns NATASHA HICKMAN
Thanks to impressive progress in Britain with wind and solar generation, clean electricity now costs a fraction of the price of gas — yet the current system keeps bills artificially high to protect fossil fuels, writes TOM HARDY
By spreading race-based conspiracy theories, the billionaire tycoon turned right-wing provocateur has been seriously undermining the case against those who really did let victims of the grooming gangs down, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
Many Western countries are grappling with deep political instability. What are the causes of this, and what could be a possible way forward? asks MARC VANDEPITTE
KEITH BENNETT explains why, despite its present meagre economic outcomes, an honest and fruitful partnership with China is worth pursuing
Nick Wright talks to photographer and author JANINA STRUK
THE Earth just experienced its warmest January in recorded history. That on top of the fact that 2023 was the warmest year since measurements began in 1850.
It was also the first time that temperatures averaged 1.5°C (2.7°F) above the average before the onset of industrialisation.
In the words of climatologist Richard Betts, “1.5°C is now regarded as the level at which climate change risks really start to become potentially unacceptably severe.”
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