Climate change
Sewn up: G7 deal with retailers aims to bury fast fashion | World news
There have been few fashion statements over the years at G7 summits (dress code: world leader suit, sensible shoes). But this year, G7 leaders will be joined by more than 20 fashion retailers and brands, including the owner of Gucci, Kering, H&M and Zara’s parent company, Inditex, for a key fashion moment – a global …
BHP boss: nationalism a potential threat to world economy | Business
The rise of nationalism and governments that interfere in markets pose a threat to the global economic system, the boss of BHP, the world’s biggest mining company, has warned. Despite announcing a 124% rise in profits to $US8.31bn (£6.84bn), helped by booming iron ore sales to China, Andrew Mackenzie said on Tuesday that there were …
Iceland holds funeral for first glacier lost to climate change | World news
Iceland has marked its first-ever loss of a glacier to climate change as scientists warn that hundreds of other ice sheets on the subarctic island risk the same fate. As the world recently marked the warmest July ever on record, a bronze plaque was mounted on a bare rock in a ceremony on the barren …
Australia removes climate ‘crisis’ from Pacific islands draft declaration | World news
Australia has succeeded in removing all but one reference to coal on the draft communique of the Pacific Islands Forum, and is expected to be able to get that removed on Thursday as Pacific leaders including Scott Morrison meet to debate the text. Sources familiar with the negotiations on the communique, which is used for …
How the world’s dirtiest industries have learned to pollute our politics | George Monbiot | Opinion
The tragedy of our times is that the gathering collapse of our life support systems has coincided with the age of public disservice. Just as we need to rise above self-interest and short-termism, governments around the world now represent the meanest and dirtiest of special interests. In the United Kingdom, the US, Brazil, Australia and …
Taking Macron down: climate protesters strip French town halls of portraits | World news
It was a quiet Monday afternoon in the picturesque town hall of Lingolsheim, outside Strasbourg. The school summer holidays had started and it was exceptionally hot. But at 4pm something extraordinary happened. Eleven people calmly walked in, politely greeted the receptionists, then headed to the room usually reserved for council meetings. They carefully unhooked the …
UK weather: nation braces for record-breaking heat | UK news
Britain could bake under record-breaking heat as temperatures could potentially climb to 39C on Thursday. The scorching conditions may spark thunderstorms, which could trigger travel delays, flash flooding, and power cuts. The dangers of cooling off in lakes, rivers and the sea were highlighted by emergency services after the bodies of three people were pulled …
The world is literally on fire – so why is it business as usual for politicians? | Arwa Mahdawi | Opinion
Do you remember when the weather was a reliable source of innocuous small talk? “Hot today, isn’t it?” you would observe to a colleague as you stood awkwardly in the lift together. They would reply with something about the garden needing rain, then you would go back to ignoring each other. Talking about the weather …
Europe Wants to be World’s Climate Change Police with Green Deal
Europe’s new top bureaucrat wants to breathe new life into the continent’s long-cherished dream of being the world’s climate cop. By fall, it should be clear whether she has any chance of succeeding. Ursula von der Leyen, confirmed on Tuesday as the next president of the European Union’s powerful Commission, certainly talked a good Green …
True cost of cheap food is health and climate crises, says commission | Environment
The true cost of cheap, unhealthy food is a spiralling public health crisis and environmental destruction, according to a high-level commission. It said the UK’s food and farming system must be radically transformed and become sustainable within 10 years. The commission’s report, which was welcomed by the environment secretary, Michael Gove, concluded that farmers must …
