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Government’s emissions targets — another Green sell-out dressed up as progress
By Aedan Hamrock In late July the government announced what they claimed was an ‘ambitious’ set of commitments…
Planet burns in record heatwave: Capitalist rulers throw fuel on the fire
By Jonathan Diebold Droughts, wildfires, 40-degree temperatures and thousands of directly related deaths: this is not the apocalyptic…
Protesting Stockholm+50: a socialist planet for the needs of all
By Philipp Chmel & Bill Hopwood-LSP/PSL (ISA in Belgium) & Socialist Alternative (ISA in Canada) On June 2–3…
Emissions targets missed: The reckless climate policies of the coalition government
By Cathal Curran Ireland is to once again set to fall well short of its carbon emissions reduction…
Do we need to go for the ‘Nuclear Option’?
With the climate emergency worsening by the day, many are understandably desperate for solutions, and in particular for…
Corporate destruction pushes Amazon rainforest to ‘dieback’ tipping point
By Dan O’Rourke The Amazon rainforest, the planet’s crucible of biodiversity, has been pushed by profit-based exploitation towards…
No more data centres — planet not profits
By Peter McGregor On Thursday 3 March, the Data Centres & Critical Infrastructure Expo is set to bring…
Climate jobs: Building a workforce for the climate emergency
By Chas Berry, Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in England, Wales and Scotland) and NAPO trade union NEC…
Review: Planet on Fire – A Manifesto for the Age of Environmental Breakdown
By Mathew Lawrence and Laurie Laybourn-Langton Verso 2021 Reviewed by James Fleming Capitalism’s “solutions” to climate change are…
Climate catastrophe demands a revolutionary struggle for democratic socialism
By Arne Johansson, Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna — ISA in Sweden The pitiful outcome of the Glasgow climate summit, COP26,…
