Hot air and empty rhetoric: is the UK acting too slowly on climate change?

‘Every day, new evidence accumulates that humanity is on an unsustainable path’

Activists hold banners and placards in Parliament Square
Activists hold banners and placards in Parliament Square marking 100 days until the COP26 summit on 23 July
(Image credit: Guy Smallman/Getty Images)

“There is nowhere to hide from climate change,” said the New Statesman. “Every day, new evidence accumulates that humanity is on an unsustainable path.” In China last month, unprecedented rainstorms forced the relocation of more than a million people in Henan province. In the US, smoke from massive wildfires in California has spread as far afield as New York. In Germany, floods killed more than 150 people last month. In London, flash floods submerged cars and train stations.

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