We can avert irreversible climate changeAction is both essential and affordable — but it demands international leaders’ co-operationClimate change: what Antarctica’s ‘doomsday glacier’ means for the planet Thwaites Glacier is melting at an alarming rate, triggering fears over rising sea levels China, not America, will decide the fate of the planetBut its coal addiction and authoritarian system mean it will struggle to take a global leadThe costs of tackling climate change keep on fallingInvestments in a zero-carbon economy should boost economic growthSubnational governments hold the key to climate solutionsAs bushfires blaze, Australia cannot afford to wait for the prime minister to actHalf a cheer for Boris Johnson’s green revolution Premium contentDecarbonisation requires long-term commitments to spending, tax plans and redistributionMore from this SeriesClimate diplomacy is winning its fight against a zero-sum mindset There is growing international realisation that acting decisively is an investment not a costThe slow death of Big OilThe industry must reinvent itself to survive in a low-carbon eraEU climate target is ambitious but feasibleThere is appetite among investors to help cut emissions by 55 per centCoronavirus has exposed our arrogant relationship with natureThreats to us are interrelated: climate change, loss of biodiversity, new pathogens
We can avert irreversible climate changeAction is both essential and affordable — but it demands international leaders’ co-operationClimate change: what Antarctica’s ‘doomsday glacier’ means for the planet Thwaites Glacier is melting at an alarming rate, triggering fears over rising sea levels China, not America, will decide the fate of the planetBut its coal addiction and authoritarian system mean it will struggle to take a global leadThe costs of tackling climate change keep on fallingInvestments in a zero-carbon economy should boost economic growthSubnational governments hold the key to climate solutionsAs bushfires blaze, Australia cannot afford to wait for the prime minister to actHalf a cheer for Boris Johnson’s green revolution Premium contentDecarbonisation requires long-term commitments to spending, tax plans and redistributionMore from this SeriesClimate diplomacy is winning its fight against a zero-sum mindset There is growing international realisation that acting decisively is an investment not a costThe slow death of Big OilThe industry must reinvent itself to survive in a low-carbon eraEU climate target is ambitious but feasibleThere is appetite among investors to help cut emissions by 55 per centCoronavirus has exposed our arrogant relationship with natureThreats to us are interrelated: climate change, loss of biodiversity, new pathogens