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People’s climate speech

40 Greenpeace volunteers gate-crashed the Chancellor's Mansion House speech as it was being broadcast live on television. They read out this alternative speech calling for greater government investment and leadership to tackle the climate emergency

Detail from an oil platform, showing tangled pipework and painted metal panels

What does the government’s new windfall tax mean for the climate?

Yesterday the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, announced a package of measures to help with the cost of living crisis. The hotly-anticipated and much needed package ended up being yet another short-sighted sticking plaster for fuel poverty, and a catastrophe for the climate. The measures will only provide temporary relief on energy…

The 2030 ban on new petrol and diesel cars, explained

The UK government announced it will ban sales of new petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2030 — a full decade earlier than planned. It’s a major win for the climate, and a chance to reimagine our traffic-jammed streets.

Wind turbine and smoke emitted by coal power plant cooling towers

The 12 best tweets about the 2022 IPCC report

The 2022 IPCC report outlines exactly what we need to do to tackle the climate crisis. Many of the world’s leading activists, journalists and climate experts weighed in—here are some of the best reactions.