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Report: How Europe’s Migrant Crisis Reached the Canary Islands

Eoghan Gilmartin & Tommy Greene

As the world watches the volcanic eruption and tourists return, the Canary Islands have become the latest frontier of Europe’s war on migrants. Tommy Greene and Eoghan Gilmartin report.

Planet B: Asad Rehman on the Making of the Climate Refugee

What will happen to the billions of people displaced by climate breakdown? A global Green New Deal must have an answer.

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Report: For Glasgow’s Striking Refuse Workers, Social and Climate Justice Are Inseparable

Ella Glover

Refuse workers in Glasgow went on strike during Cop26 to demand better pay and working conditions, shining a light on the vital role they play in the fight to protect our environment - and they're ready to strike again.

Planet B: Harsha Walia on Border Violence and Eco-Fascism

National policies won't solve a global problem like climate change, says migrant justice activist Harsha Walia.

Novara Live: Is COP26 Set to End in Failure?

Negotiations in Glasgow are going down to the wire, yet few believe world leaders will get us anywhere near limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees. Is COP26 heading for failure? We speak to Simon Lewis.

Planet B: Planet B: Everything Must Change – Migration

Climate breakdown means the displacement of billions of people. Who benefits at the border?

Opinion: Cop26 Is Little More Than a Cop-out

Ell Folan

World leaders have once again gathered at COP and promised action. But they’ll go home and do virtually nothing. These climate gatherings aren’t fit for purpose - and won’t be until politicians start taking responsibility instead of shifting the blame.

Downstream: Climate Change Is Violent, That’s Why We Need Sabotage. Aaron Bastani Meets Andreas Malm

From food scarcity to extreme weather, climate change will affect the lives of billions of people around the world. But at what point are its future horrors unacceptable? And how should that shape climate politics now? Aaron Bastani speaks to author Andreas Malm about the limits of today’s activism and what is to be done […]

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Opinion: Bogus ‘Nature Based Solutions’ Won’t Solve the Climate Crisis

Kirtana Chandrasekaran

'Nature-based solutions’ to the climate crisis are the talk of the town at Cop26. But while they’re an intoxicating idea, they’re really a wolf in sheep’s clothing, argues Kirtana Chandrasekaran.

Analysis: Will Climate Change Itself Derail Plans to Reduce Emissions?

Nicholas Beuret

First problem: climate change itself is slowing down decarbonisation plans. Second problem: decarbonisation plans risk creating a hell of a lot of emissions. So where do we go from here?

Novara Live: Everything You Need to Know About COP26

Leaders and diplomats from 197 countries have descended on Glasgow for a conference billed as the "last chance" to save the planet. Michael Walker is joined by Simon Lewis to explain everything you need to know about COP26.

A panda station amid smog in Beijing

Analysis: Is China the World’s Worst Climate Culprit?

Aaron Bastani

China is easily the world’s leading polluter. But when you take into account the country's size, population, investment in renewables and outsourced emissions things become a lot more complicated, writes Aaron Bastani.

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Opinion: The Government’s Net Zero Strategy Is Beyond Disappointing

James Meadway

Unless the Treasury’s attitude towards borrowing changes, the government's decarbonisation strategy is futile, writes James Meadway.

Planet B: Planet B: Everything Must Change – Land

Harpreet Kaur Paul asks how we can make land for living, not for profit, in the second episode of the series.

Novara Live: Boris Johnson Reveals UK Plan for Net Zero

#TyskySour returns this evening with Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial.

Planet B: Sarah Jaffe on Green Work or No Work

Why the promise of "good, green union jobs" isn't enough for a just transition.

John Major

Report: The British Government Exploited the Angolan Civil War to Lobby for BP

Stephen Delahunty

Newly declassified documents show that John Major’s government leveraged Angola’s need for peacekeeping support to push the oil company’s interests. Stephen Delahunty reports.

Prime minister Boris Johnson visits Carland Cross Windfarm to see the construction of a new solar farm ahead of the G7 Summit in Cornwall

Long Read: The Government Wants Green Homes. Big Oil Has Other Ideas

Alex D King

The Heat and Buildings Strategy, due later this year, will take on one of the biggest obstacles between the UK and net-zero - but not if Big Oil gets its way. Alex D King reports.

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