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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,…
A Socialist Climate Action Plan — For a World on Fire
Introduction We face the biggest threat to humanity in history. It is beyond all doubt, as reaffirmed by…
‘Blah, Blah Blah’ from Stormont on the climate crisis
“Blah, blah, blah” is how Greta Thunberg has described what we get from politicians across the world. This…
Greenwashing at COP26
By Per Olsson, ISA Sweden The COP26 climate summit in Glasgow is a “global greenwash festival and a…
