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We are the least to blame yet will suffer the most </p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content premium-badging"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/conservation-climate-sustainable-living-b2254269.html">There are five things we can all do to live more sustainably</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-ck4k2b-0 sc-1i9ikq5-0 sc-z6lbao-3 cjAzNt ebQccz iHnHhZ"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG sc-z6lbao-4 kHSMlX article article-climate article-premium"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/wolf-rewilding-scotland-biodiversity-b2252320.html" aria-label="Read more about iStock-1324337232.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/12/28/09/iStock-1324337232.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/12/28/09/iStock-1324337232.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/12/28/09/iStock-1324337232.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Human culture has made the wolf the repository of all our fears of nature, from the devouring wolf in Red Riding Hood to the demonic werewolves in movies</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content premium-badging"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/wolf-rewilding-scotland-biodiversity-b2252320.html">Awoo! 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srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/11/29/08/PA-70009869%20%281%29.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/11/29/08/PA-70009869%20%281%29.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Sunak’s greenwashing affords him positive headlines – and little else </p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/rishi-sunak-greenwashing-insulation-energy-crisis-b2236011.html">The government is scamming us on insulation</a></h2></div></div><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/population-growth-8-billion-un-climate-b2231239.html" aria-label="Read more about iStock-1357524756.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/11/23/10/iStock-1357524756.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/11/23/10/iStock-1357524756.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/11/23/10/iStock-1357524756.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>The issue is a minefield due to past authoritarian crackdowns on women’s fertility in countries such as India and China</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/population-growth-8-billion-un-climate-b2231239.html">Why is nobody willing to say the ‘P’ word?</a></h2></div></div><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><span class="sc-u4n1j-0 jqgRgz"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" id="2944a426e11a1e6a" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M8 5v14l11-7z"></path></svg></span><a href="/climate-change/opinion/cop27-good-bad-ugly-climate-summit-b2230385.html" aria-label="Read more about cop27" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/11/22/11/urnpublicidap.org0ba34a02595546c8aee422c70911e52c.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/11/22/11/urnpublicidap.org0ba34a02595546c8aee422c70911e52c.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/11/22/11/urnpublicidap.org0ba34a02595546c8aee422c70911e52c.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Firstly, the good: at long last, and after over three decades of campaigning, a loss and damage finance fund was finally agreed</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/cop27-good-bad-ugly-climate-summit-b2230385.html">The good, the bad and the exceedingly ugly of this year’s Cop</a></h2></div></div><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/just-stop-oil-lloyds-bank-fossil-fuels-oil-gas-b2226318.html" aria-label="Read more about JUST STOP OIL" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/11/16/12/urnpublicidap.org071c91d1c6914b6994ae19e3d7b660a6.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/11/16/12/urnpublicidap.org071c91d1c6914b6994ae19e3d7b660a6.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/11/16/12/urnpublicidap.org071c91d1c6914b6994ae19e3d7b660a6.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>This is the one simple demand of Just Stop Oil – that the UK government bans all new fossil fuel projects </p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/just-stop-oil-lloyds-bank-fossil-fuels-oil-gas-b2226318.html">Just Stop Oil have just landed a major victory</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-ck4k2b-0 sc-1i9ikq5-0 sc-7lthw0-2 cjAzNt ebQccz hGfjWY"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/climate-crisis-boris-johnson-ivan-duque-cop27-amazon-b2222941.html" aria-label="Read more about FILES-BRAZIL-ENVIRONMENT-AMAZON-LULA" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/11/11/10/AFP_32ML4X7.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/11/11/10/AFP_32ML4X7.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/11/11/10/AFP_32ML4X7.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>What is happening in the world’s tropical forests – the scene of 80 per cent of the destruction – is literally criminal</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/climate-crisis-boris-johnson-ivan-duque-cop27-amazon-b2222941.html">This could be the answer to tackling the climate crisis</a></h2></div></div><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/cop27-young-climate-activists-just-stop-oil-protests-b2223287.html" aria-label="Read more about Joe Biden" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/11/11/16/urnpublicidap.orge77778369d904ef8a9b7ebb5a61181ab.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/11/11/16/urnpublicidap.orge77778369d904ef8a9b7ebb5a61181ab.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/11/11/16/urnpublicidap.orge77778369d904ef8a9b7ebb5a61181ab.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>We know real change will not be driven by world leaders at Cop</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/cop27-young-climate-activists-just-stop-oil-protests-b2223287.html">Climate activists aren’t ‘asking for the world’. We want to save it</a></h2></div></div></div></div><div class="sc-1gucua1-0 ugbsT sc-estpub-1 gffkNE"><div class="sc-1pfx6hk-0 lgUbTS sc-estpub-1 gffkNE"><div data-mpu="true" data-is-video="false" data-tile-name="mpu1" data-ad-unit-path="/71347885/_main_independent/in_climate-change/in_opinion/index/mpu1" data-size-key="DOUBLE_MPU_EXTRA" data-refresh-check="false" data-refresh-ms="13000" class="sc-1pfx6hk-2 fUbSGV"></div></div></div></div></div><div class="sc-cHqXqK dxfrkX" data-type="HeroPlus6Articles"><div class="sc-tpl4vh-4 gmZWCu wrapper"><div class="sc-tpl4vh-0 haBfoe"><div class="sc-qm89yg-0 lfZgMR sc-qm89yg-1 cMFZtL sc-qm89yg-2 SKhGr hero-article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/rishi-sunak-cop27-climate-saboteur-b2221180.html" aria-label="Read more about COP27 Climate Conference: Opening Ceremony And High-Level Summit" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/11/09/14/1244584800.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/11/09/14/1244584800.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/11/09/14/1244584800.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Sunak has sabotaged UK climate action repeatedly over the last year</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><div class="content"><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 dixNBq"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/rishi-sunak-cop27-climate-saboteur-b2221180.html">Nobody has done less for the climate than Sunak the saboteur</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-nzkiss-1 hxwvSK sc-nzkiss-4 sc-tpl4vh-3 hLxfqm dZmOJL article-climate hero-article"><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 dixNBq"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/rishi-sunak-cop27-climate-saboteur-b2221180.html">Nobody has done less for the climate than Sunak the saboteur</a></h2><div class="sc-nzkiss-0 eZmSCJ"><div class="sc-nzkiss-2 fERoeh"></div></div></div><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/rishi-sunak-cop27-climate-saboteur-b2221180.html" aria-label="Read more about COP27 Climate Conference: Opening Ceremony And High-Level Summit" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/11/09/14/1244584800.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/11/09/14/1244584800.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/11/09/14/1244584800.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Sunak has sabotaged UK climate action repeatedly over the last year</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-tpl4vh-1 jMZxqB kUcnUB"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/cop27-greta-thunberg-climate-nelson-mandela-b2218874.html" aria-label="Read more about GettyImages-150341531.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/11/06/14/GettyImages-150341531.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/11/06/14/GettyImages-150341531.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/11/06/14/GettyImages-150341531.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Ending apartheid required compassion, truth and reconciliation. Climate change will require the same</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/cop27-greta-thunberg-climate-nelson-mandela-b2218874.html">Greta is right – Cop27 lacks moral leadership</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-tpl4vh-1 jMZxqB kUcnUB"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/cop27-birdgirl-mya-rose-craig-egypt-b2219271.html" aria-label="Read more about GettyImages-1203953745.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/11/07/09/GettyImages-1203953745.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/11/07/09/GettyImages-1203953745.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/11/07/09/GettyImages-1203953745.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>I believe that the world is beyond the tipping point in terms of climate change, a point from which there is no going back</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/cop27-birdgirl-mya-rose-craig-egypt-b2219271.html">‘Birdgirl’ Mya-Rose Craig: Here’s why I won’t be going to Cop27</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-tpl4vh-1 jMZxqB kUcnUB"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/cop27-climate-justice-climate-finance-lake-chad-b2217069.html" aria-label="Read more about FILE PHOTO: An aerial view of the flooded Obagi community in Ahoada, Rivers state" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/11/03/16/2022-10-31T090128Z_1313635662_RC2D6X9SDQEQ_RTRMADP_3_AFRICA-FLOODS.JPG?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/11/03/16/2022-10-31T090128Z_1313635662_RC2D6X9SDQEQ_RTRMADP_3_AFRICA-FLOODS.JPG?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/11/03/16/2022-10-31T090128Z_1313635662_RC2D6X9SDQEQ_RTRMADP_3_AFRICA-FLOODS.JPG?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Lake Chad, which was once one of the largest lakes in Africa, is shrinking. We have lost 90 per cent of it to environmental instability</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/cop27-climate-justice-climate-finance-lake-chad-b2217069.html">There is no climate justice without climate finance</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-tpl4vh-1 jMZxqB kUcnUB"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/kenya-drought-rape-hunger-cop27-climate-b2217120.html" aria-label="Read more about Drought in Kenya forces Maasai herders to sell emaciated cattle in Kajiado" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/11/03/17/2022-10-19T120110Z_1586114487_RC2S2X9WABKW_RTRMADP_3_KENYA-DROUGHT-MAASAI.JPG?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/11/03/17/2022-10-19T120110Z_1586114487_RC2S2X9WABKW_RTRMADP_3_KENYA-DROUGHT-MAASAI.JPG?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/11/03/17/2022-10-19T120110Z_1586114487_RC2S2X9WABKW_RTRMADP_3_KENYA-DROUGHT-MAASAI.JPG?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>With rising water scarcity, women become more vulnerable to gender-based violence</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/kenya-drought-rape-hunger-cop27-climate-b2217120.html">I have seen the devastation in Kenya with my own eyes</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-ck4k2b-0 sc-1i9ikq5-0 sc-tpl4vh-2 cjAzNt ebQccz jcaGle"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/kenya-drought-rape-hunger-cop27-climate-b2217120.html" aria-label="Read more about Drought in Kenya forces Maasai herders to sell emaciated cattle in Kajiado" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/11/03/17/2022-10-19T120110Z_1586114487_RC2S2X9WABKW_RTRMADP_3_KENYA-DROUGHT-MAASAI.JPG?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/11/03/17/2022-10-19T120110Z_1586114487_RC2S2X9WABKW_RTRMADP_3_KENYA-DROUGHT-MAASAI.JPG?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/11/03/17/2022-10-19T120110Z_1586114487_RC2S2X9WABKW_RTRMADP_3_KENYA-DROUGHT-MAASAI.JPG?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>With rising water scarcity, women become more vulnerable to gender-based violence</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/kenya-drought-rape-hunger-cop27-climate-b2217120.html">I have seen the devastation in Kenya with my own eyes</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-ck4k2b-0 sc-1i9ikq5-0 sc-tpl4vh-2 cjAzNt ebQccz jcaGle"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/cop27-africa-climate-crisis-life-death-b2217953.html" aria-label="Read more about Activists from Extinction Rebellion during a demonstration at the Africa Energy Week conference in Cape Town" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/11/04/16/2022-10-18T083644Z_1595203939_RC2I3X92SN71_RTRMADP_3_AFRICA-ENERGY.JPG?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/11/04/16/2022-10-18T083644Z_1595203939_RC2I3X92SN71_RTRMADP_3_AFRICA-ENERGY.JPG?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/11/04/16/2022-10-18T083644Z_1595203939_RC2I3X92SN71_RTRMADP_3_AFRICA-ENERGY.JPG?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>It is right that Cop27 is back on African soil this month, where the climate crisis is a true matter of life or death</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/cop27-africa-climate-crisis-life-death-b2217953.html">Africa has all the sun and wind it needs to be a clean energy pioneer</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-ck4k2b-0 sc-1i9ikq5-0 sc-tpl4vh-2 cjAzNt ebQccz jcaGle"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/cop27-africa-kenya-drought-climate-justice-b2217058.html" aria-label="Read more about COP27 Climate Negotiations History" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/11/04/07/COP27_Climate_Negotiations_History_09918.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/11/04/07/COP27_Climate_Negotiations_History_09918.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/11/04/07/COP27_Climate_Negotiations_History_09918.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Political leaders only need to open their eyes to see the devastation that climate inaction is already bringing to my people </p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/cop27-africa-kenya-drought-climate-justice-b2217058.html">At Cop26 I asked world leaders to open their hearts – now we need more</a></h2></div></div></div></div></div><div class="sc-cHqXqK dxfrkX" data-type="ArticleX6PlusMPU"><div class="sc-19guepa-0 eFJDAo sc-19guepa-4 hzYBnj wrapper"><div style="grid-area:story-tall-1" class="sc-1t3uya-0 jMZxqB story-tall-1"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/close-doors-heating-energy-bills-oxford-street-b2210739.html" aria-label="Read more about oxford street" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/10/26/09/urnpublicidap.org69bbc361adf5433092ce715a9d1fb3d6.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/10/26/09/urnpublicidap.org69bbc361adf5433092ce715a9d1fb3d6.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/10/26/09/urnpublicidap.org69bbc361adf5433092ce715a9d1fb3d6.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>We contacted the government and official opposition parties to see if they would support such a regulation</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/close-doors-heating-energy-bills-oxford-street-b2210739.html">Close the damn doors on Oxford Street – I mean it</a></h2></div></div></div><div style="grid-area:story-tall-2" class="sc-1t3uya-0 jMZxqB story-tall-2"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/jacob-rees-mogg-conservatives-war-on-nature-stanley-johnson-b2205853.html" aria-label="Read more about stanley.jpeg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/10/19/12/stanley.jpeg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/10/19/12/stanley.jpeg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/10/19/12/stanley.jpeg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Stanley Johnson presenting his book on Endangered Species to former Defra secretary George Eustice</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/jacob-rees-mogg-conservatives-war-on-nature-stanley-johnson-b2205853.html">The Conservatives are waging a war on nature – it must stop</a></h2></div></div></div><div style="grid-area:story-tall-3" class="sc-1t3uya-0 jMZxqB story-tall-3"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/shell-british-cycling-sponsor-fossil-fuels-b2205810.html" aria-label="Read more about GettyImages-1243915616.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/10/19/09/GettyImages-1243915616.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/10/19/09/GettyImages-1243915616.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/10/19/09/GettyImages-1243915616.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>It is crucial that British Cycling immediately reneges on its betrayal of young cyclists across Britain by abandoning the Shell deal</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/shell-british-cycling-sponsor-fossil-fuels-b2205810.html">A sponsorship deal with Shell – what was British Cycling thinking?</a></h2></div></div></div><div style="grid-area:story-tall-4" class="sc-1t3uya-0 jMZxqB story-tall-4"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate article-premium"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/beavers-reintroduction-rewilding-scotland-climate-b2199261.html" aria-label="Read more about beaver.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/10/10/09/beaver.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/10/10/09/beaver.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/10/10/09/beaver.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>From 1 October, the Eurasian beaver has been given protected native species status</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content premium-badging"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/beavers-reintroduction-rewilding-scotland-climate-b2199261.html">If you hate beavers, you’re sorely misguided</a></h2></div></div></div><div style="grid-area:story-tall-5" class="sc-1t3uya-0 jMZxqB story-tall-5"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><span class="sc-u4n1j-0 jqgRgz"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" id="2944a426e11a1e6a" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M8 5v14l11-7z"></path></svg></span><a href="/climate-change/opinion/liz-truss-fracking-jacob-rees-mogg-b2191424.html" aria-label="Read more about BRITAIN-POLITICS-CONSERVATIVE" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/10/03/11/AFP_32KK6YA.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/10/03/11/AFP_32KK6YA.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/10/03/11/AFP_32KK6YA.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>In the midst of Truss’s destructive extremism, there were two positives</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/liz-truss-fracking-jacob-rees-mogg-b2191424.html">Truss has no electoral legitimacy for her climate-wrecking policies</a></h2></div></div></div><div style="grid-area:story-tall-6" class="sc-1t3uya-0 jMZxqB story-tall-6"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><span class="sc-u4n1j-0 jqgRgz"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" id="2944a426e11a1e6a" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M8 5v14l11-7z"></path></svg></span><a href="/climate-change/opinion/energy-literacy-how-much-power-bills-b2175362.html" aria-label="Read more about Cost of living crisis" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/09/26/13/POLITICS%20Energy%20%2009104511B.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/09/26/13/POLITICS%20Energy%20%2009104511B.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/09/26/13/POLITICS%20Energy%20%2009104511B.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Electricity companies charge for electricity by the kilowatt hour</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/energy-literacy-how-much-power-bills-b2175362.html">Are you energy literate? Here’s how to tell </a></h2></div></div></div><div style="grid-area:story-only-1" class="sc-ck4k2b-0 sc-1i9ikq5-0 cjAzNt ebQccz story-only-1"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate article-premium"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/beavers-reintroduction-rewilding-scotland-climate-b2199261.html" aria-label="Read more about beaver.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/10/10/09/beaver.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/10/10/09/beaver.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/10/10/09/beaver.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>From 1 October, the Eurasian beaver has been given protected native species status</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content premium-badging"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/beavers-reintroduction-rewilding-scotland-climate-b2199261.html">If you hate beavers, you’re sorely misguided</a></h2></div></div></div><div style="grid-area:story-only-2" class="sc-ck4k2b-0 sc-1i9ikq5-0 cjAzNt ebQccz story-only-2"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><span class="sc-u4n1j-0 jqgRgz"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" id="2944a426e11a1e6a" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M8 5v14l11-7z"></path></svg></span><a href="/climate-change/opinion/liz-truss-fracking-jacob-rees-mogg-b2191424.html" aria-label="Read more about BRITAIN-POLITICS-CONSERVATIVE" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/10/03/11/AFP_32KK6YA.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/10/03/11/AFP_32KK6YA.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/10/03/11/AFP_32KK6YA.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>In the midst of Truss’s destructive extremism, there were two positives</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/liz-truss-fracking-jacob-rees-mogg-b2191424.html">Truss has no electoral legitimacy for her climate-wrecking policies</a></h2></div></div></div><div style="grid-area:story-only-3" class="sc-ck4k2b-0 sc-1i9ikq5-0 cjAzNt ebQccz story-only-3"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><span class="sc-u4n1j-0 jqgRgz"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" id="2944a426e11a1e6a" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M8 5v14l11-7z"></path></svg></span><a href="/climate-change/opinion/energy-literacy-how-much-power-bills-b2175362.html" aria-label="Read more about Cost of living crisis" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/09/26/13/POLITICS%20Energy%20%2009104511B.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/09/26/13/POLITICS%20Energy%20%2009104511B.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/09/26/13/POLITICS%20Energy%20%2009104511B.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Electricity companies charge for electricity by the kilowatt hour</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/energy-literacy-how-much-power-bills-b2175362.html">Are you energy literate? Here’s how to tell </a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-19guepa-2 fKwCwP"><div class="mpu-item sc-vt4bqf-0 sc-19guepa-1 fTluHM fzYRYc"><div class="sc-1pfx6hk-0 lgUbTS"><div data-mpu="true" data-is-video="false" data-tile-name="mpu2" data-ad-unit-path="/71347885/_main_independent/in_climate-change/in_opinion/index/mpu2" data-size-key="SINGLE_MPU" data-refresh-check="false" data-refresh-ms="13000" class="sc-1pfx6hk-2 fUbSGV"></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="sc-cHqXqK dxfrkX" data-type="HeroPlus6Articles"><div class="sc-tpl4vh-4 gmZWCu wrapper"><div class="sc-tpl4vh-0 haBfoe"><div class="sc-qm89yg-0 lfZgMR sc-qm89yg-1 cMFZtL sc-qm89yg-2 SKhGr hero-article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/pakistan-floods-liz-truss-climate-energy-crisis-b2161977.html" aria-label="Read more about BRITAIN-POLITICS-CONSERVATIVES" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/09/07/09/newFile-3.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/09/07/09/newFile-3.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/09/07/09/newFile-3.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>The public support to act is there. The moment is now</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><div class="content"><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 dixNBq"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/pakistan-floods-liz-truss-climate-energy-crisis-b2161977.html">Truss could fix the cost of living crisis and the climate in one go</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-nzkiss-1 hxwvSK sc-nzkiss-4 sc-tpl4vh-3 hLxfqm dZmOJL article-climate hero-article"><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 dixNBq"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/pakistan-floods-liz-truss-climate-energy-crisis-b2161977.html">Truss could fix the cost of living crisis and the climate in one go</a></h2><div class="sc-nzkiss-0 eZmSCJ"><div class="sc-nzkiss-2 fERoeh"></div></div></div><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/pakistan-floods-liz-truss-climate-energy-crisis-b2161977.html" aria-label="Read more about BRITAIN-POLITICS-CONSERVATIVES" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/09/07/09/newFile-3.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/09/07/09/newFile-3.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/09/07/09/newFile-3.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>The public support to act is there. The moment is now</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-tpl4vh-1 jMZxqB kUcnUB"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate article-premium"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/independentpremium/voices/energy-bills-one-room-living-heating-home-b2160806.html" aria-label="Read more about iStock-1373189594.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/09/06/12/iStock-1373189594.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/09/06/12/iStock-1373189594.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/09/06/12/iStock-1373189594.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>In winter, I wear really warm ski socks, thermal long-legged underwear and an extra-warm fleece cardigan</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content premium-badging"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/independentpremium/voices" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Voices</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/independentpremium/voices/energy-bills-one-room-living-heating-home-b2160806.html">‘One room living’ is how I stay warm and save money in winter</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-tpl4vh-1 jMZxqB kUcnUB"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/liz-truss-energy-bills-oil-gas-climate-b2155598.html" aria-label="Read more about SEI121727052.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/08/30/07/SEI121727052.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/08/30/07/SEI121727052.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/08/30/07/SEI121727052.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>This is a genocidal suicide note to humanity</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/liz-truss-energy-bills-oil-gas-climate-b2155598.html">Truss’s energy plans will be disastrous for our bills and the planet</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-tpl4vh-1 jMZxqB kUcnUB"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><span class="sc-u4n1j-0 jqgRgz"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" id="2944a426e11a1e6a" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M8 5v14l11-7z"></path></svg></span><a href="/climate-change/opinion/climate-control-home-office-fires-heatwaves-b2153436.html" aria-label="Read more about Summer weather July 19th 2022" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/08/26/14/WEATHER%20Heatwave%20Wennington%2017400615.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/08/26/14/WEATHER%20Heatwave%20Wennington%2017400615.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/08/26/14/WEATHER%20Heatwave%20Wennington%2017400615.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>To plan, monitor and respond to climate-induced fires involves a great deal of responsibility and care</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/climate-control-home-office-fires-heatwaves-b2153436.html">Climate control and the Home Office could now be inextricably linked</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-tpl4vh-1 jMZxqB kUcnUB"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><span class="sc-u4n1j-0 jqgRgz"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" id="2944a426e11a1e6a" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M8 5v14l11-7z"></path></svg></span><a href="/climate-change/opinion/china-yangtze-river-drought-heatwave-deaths-b2152364.html" aria-label="Read more about China Drought Photo Gallery" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/08/24/05/China_Drought_Photo_Gallery_26132.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/08/24/05/China_Drought_Photo_Gallery_26132.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/08/24/05/China_Drought_Photo_Gallery_26132.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Parts of China’s largest river have simply dried up </p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/china-yangtze-river-drought-heatwave-deaths-b2152364.html">Alarm bells are going off across the world – but we’re not listening</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-ck4k2b-0 sc-1i9ikq5-0 sc-tpl4vh-2 cjAzNt ebQccz jcaGle"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><span class="sc-u4n1j-0 jqgRgz"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" id="2944a426e11a1e6a" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M8 5v14l11-7z"></path></svg></span><a href="/climate-change/opinion/china-yangtze-river-drought-heatwave-deaths-b2152364.html" aria-label="Read more about China Drought Photo Gallery" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/08/24/05/China_Drought_Photo_Gallery_26132.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/08/24/05/China_Drought_Photo_Gallery_26132.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/08/24/05/China_Drought_Photo_Gallery_26132.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Parts of China’s largest river have simply dried up </p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/china-yangtze-river-drought-heatwave-deaths-b2152364.html">Alarm bells are going off across the world – but we’re not listening</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-ck4k2b-0 sc-1i9ikq5-0 sc-tpl4vh-2 cjAzNt ebQccz jcaGle"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate article-premium"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/lord-frost-liz-truss-environment-climate-disaster-b2149999.html" aria-label="Read more about Brexit" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/08/19/16/f18a0c68c378f6d5a642513764a5382aY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjYxMDA3NzU4-2.66587634.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/08/19/16/f18a0c68c378f6d5a642513764a5382aY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjYxMDA3NzU4-2.66587634.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/08/19/16/f18a0c68c378f6d5a642513764a5382aY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjYxMDA3NzU4-2.66587634.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Lord Frost writes regularly in the Daily Telegraph and Mail </p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content premium-badging"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/lord-frost-liz-truss-environment-climate-disaster-b2149999.html">This minister under Liz Truss would be an ecological disaster</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-ck4k2b-0 sc-1i9ikq5-0 sc-tpl4vh-2 cjAzNt ebQccz jcaGle"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate article-premium"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/climate-crisis-republicans-heat-belt-global-warming-b2148410.html" aria-label="Read more about iStock-647102550.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/08/19/11/iStock-647102550.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/08/19/11/iStock-647102550.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/08/19/11/iStock-647102550.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>The culture wars era we are leaving behind will soon be viewed as a ridiculous time of apathy and stagnation as the political debate shifts to who gets saved and who doesn’t</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content premium-badging"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/climate-crisis-republicans-heat-belt-global-warming-b2148410.html">Climate change will hurt red states most – but Republicans don’t care</a></h2></div></div></div></div></div><div class="sc-cHqXqK dxfrkX sc-16rjmfl-2 cDOoUc" data-type="ArticleX8"><div class="section-body"><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-16rjmfl-0 jMZxqB cEuGSO"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><span class="sc-u4n1j-0 jqgRgz"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" id="2944a426e11a1e6a" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M8 5v14l11-7z"></path></svg></span><a href="/climate-change/opinion/travel-europe-car-carbon-emissions-b2145220.html" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/08/10/00/150aefd02de67b7b921d91f06fb8c52dY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjYwMTI0MzIx-2.68068836.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/08/10/00/150aefd02de67b7b921d91f06fb8c52dY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjYwMTI0MzIx-2.68068836.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/08/10/00/150aefd02de67b7b921d91f06fb8c52dY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjYwMTI0MzIx-2.68068836.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>The idea of spending hours in a hot stuffy car, in the middle of a heatwave, sounds like madness </p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/travel-europe-car-carbon-emissions-b2145220.html">Want to holiday to Europe by car? Consider your emissions first</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-16rjmfl-0 jMZxqB cEuGSO"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><span class="sc-u4n1j-0 jqgRgz"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" id="2944a426e11a1e6a" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M8 5v14l11-7z"></path></svg></span><a href="/climate-change/opinion/heatwave-climate-change-action-b2143790.html" aria-label="Read more about iStock-1364938326.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/08/12/11/iStock-1364938326.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/08/12/11/iStock-1364938326.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/08/12/11/iStock-1364938326.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>As we sit in the throes of yet another UK heatwave today, what will it take to liberate action, at scale?</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/heatwave-climate-change-action-b2143790.html">Climate change activism is no longer enough – it’s time for us to do</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-16rjmfl-0 jMZxqB cEuGSO"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><span class="sc-u4n1j-0 jqgRgz"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" id="2944a426e11a1e6a" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M8 5v14l11-7z"></path></svg></span><a href="/climate-change/opinion/conservatives-climate-change-crisis-policies-business-b2137460.html" aria-label="Read more about Britain Conservatives Issues" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/07/29/07/Britain_Conservatives_Issues_73824.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/07/29/07/Britain_Conservatives_Issues_73824.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/07/29/07/Britain_Conservatives_Issues_73824.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Green policies may seem like fair game when promising to cut red tape</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/conservatives-climate-change-crisis-policies-business-b2137460.html">I worked for government – Tories must take climate crisis seriously</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-16rjmfl-0 jMZxqB cEuGSO"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/hosepipe-ban-kent-sussex-england-drought-heatwave-b2137143.html" aria-label="Read more about APTOPIX Germany Heat" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/07/19/08/APTOPIX_Germany_Heat_46309.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/07/19/08/APTOPIX_Germany_Heat_46309.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/07/19/08/APTOPIX_Germany_Heat_46309.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>An average hosepipe churns out about 1,000 litres of water an hour</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/hosepipe-ban-kent-sussex-england-drought-heatwave-b2137143.html">We should ban hosepipes all year but they’re only part of the problem</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-ck4k2b-0 sc-1i9ikq5-0 sc-16rjmfl-1 cjAzNt ebQccz kVfYvv"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate article-premium"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/climate-crisis-un-secretary-general-mark-carney-gfanz-b2135852.html" aria-label="Read more about Climate Finance Pledge Unfulfilled" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/07/29/18/Climate_Finance_Pledge_Unfulfilled_11917.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/07/29/18/Climate_Finance_Pledge_Unfulfilled_11917.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/07/29/18/Climate_Finance_Pledge_Unfulfilled_11917.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Climate Finance Pledge Unfulfilled</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content premium-badging"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/climate-crisis-un-secretary-general-mark-carney-gfanz-b2135852.html">The UN must resolve its internal contradictions on climate change</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-ck4k2b-0 sc-1i9ikq5-0 sc-16rjmfl-1 cjAzNt ebQccz kVfYvv"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/wombles-50-years-environment-message-b2135604.html" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/07/28/12/b63bd62eb17ebdc621a93f03b30a65fcY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjU5MDkzNTIy-2.1078517.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/07/28/12/b63bd62eb17ebdc621a93f03b30a65fcY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjU5MDkzNTIy-2.1078517.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/07/28/12/b63bd62eb17ebdc621a93f03b30a65fcY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjU5MDkzNTIy-2.1078517.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>The name and concept for ‘The Wombles’ was born out of an accident rather than design, said creator Elisabeth Beresford </p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/wombles-50-years-environment-message-b2135604.html">If we had listened to the Wombles in the 1970s, we’d be better off now</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-ck4k2b-0 sc-1i9ikq5-0 sc-16rjmfl-1 cjAzNt ebQccz kVfYvv"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/sewage-clean-water-climate-discussion-b2135558.html" aria-label="Read more about iStock-950679732.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/07/26/13/iStock-950679732.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/07/26/13/iStock-950679732.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/07/26/13/iStock-950679732.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="Sewage discharges surged by over a third in 2020" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/sewage-clean-water-climate-discussion-b2135558.html">Why clean water is an important part of the climate discussion</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-ck4k2b-0 sc-1i9ikq5-0 sc-16rjmfl-1 cjAzNt ebQccz kVfYvv"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/dale-vince-ecotrocity-green-gas-b2135543.html" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/07/05/13/7734f0421ab7a744a6a8ed8bee66710dY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjU3MTA4MTM4-2.67747137.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/07/05/13/7734f0421ab7a744a6a8ed8bee66710dY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjU3MTA4MTM4-2.67747137.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/07/05/13/7734f0421ab7a744a6a8ed8bee66710dY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjU3MTA4MTM4-2.67747137.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>(James Manning/PA)</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/dale-vince-ecotrocity-green-gas-b2135543.html">Why I will always stand up for what I believe in</a></h2></div></div></div></div></div><div class="sc-cHqXqK dxfrkX" data-type="HeroPlus6Articles"><div class="sc-tpl4vh-4 gmZWCu wrapper"><div class="sc-tpl4vh-0 haBfoe"><div class="sc-qm89yg-0 lfZgMR sc-qm89yg-1 cMFZtL sc-qm89yg-2 SKhGr hero-article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/climate-change-mitzi-jonelle-tan-b2135528.html" aria-label="Read more about Bangladesh Floods" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/06/23/17/Bangladesh_Floods_18684.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/06/23/17/Bangladesh_Floods_18684.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/06/23/17/Bangladesh_Floods_18684.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Bangladesh Floods</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><div class="content"><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 dixNBq"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/climate-change-mitzi-jonelle-tan-b2135528.html">The world is burning. We must fight back - together</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-nzkiss-1 hxwvSK sc-nzkiss-4 sc-tpl4vh-3 hLxfqm dZmOJL article-climate hero-article"><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 dixNBq"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/climate-change-mitzi-jonelle-tan-b2135528.html">The world is burning. We must fight back - together</a></h2><div class="sc-nzkiss-0 eZmSCJ"><div class="sc-nzkiss-2 fERoeh"></div></div></div><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/climate-change-mitzi-jonelle-tan-b2135528.html" aria-label="Read more about Bangladesh Floods" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/06/23/17/Bangladesh_Floods_18684.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/06/23/17/Bangladesh_Floods_18684.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/06/23/17/Bangladesh_Floods_18684.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Bangladesh Floods</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-tpl4vh-1 jMZxqB kUcnUB"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/wennington-heatwave-fire-climate-crisis-b2132160.html" aria-label="Read more about Wennington Houses Reduced To Rubble After Fires On UK's Hottest Day" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/07/27/10/1410828703.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/07/27/10/1410828703.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/07/27/10/1410828703.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>I didn’t expect this to hit so close to home</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/wennington-heatwave-fire-climate-crisis-b2132160.html">My uncle’s house burned down in the heatwave – so I made this vow</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-tpl4vh-1 jMZxqB kUcnUB"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate article-premium"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/uk-heatwave-drought-climate-crisis-b2131374.html" aria-label="Read more about SEI115258807.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/07/26/09/SEI115258807.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/07/26/09/SEI115258807.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/07/26/09/SEI115258807.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>And even deeper grief for the many species in the wider natural world</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content premium-badging"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/uk-heatwave-drought-climate-crisis-b2131374.html">The UK’s heatwave was not a wake-up call – it was a funeral bell</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-tpl4vh-1 jMZxqB kUcnUB"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><span class="sc-u4n1j-0 jqgRgz"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" id="2944a426e11a1e6a" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M8 5v14l11-7z"></path></svg></span><a href="/climate-change/opinion/end-heatwaves-climate-crisis-clean-energy-b2128090.html" aria-label="Read more about Biden Climate Change" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/07/16/13/Biden_Climate_Change_68303.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/07/16/13/Biden_Climate_Change_68303.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/07/16/13/Biden_Climate_Change_68303.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Human progress has always depended on exploiting more energy</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/end-heatwaves-climate-crisis-clean-energy-b2128090.html">Does the climate crisis fill you with dread? It doesn’t have to </a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-tpl4vh-1 jMZxqB kUcnUB"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><span class="sc-u4n1j-0 jqgRgz"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" id="2944a426e11a1e6a" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M8 5v14l11-7z"></path></svg></span><a href="/climate-change/opinion/britain-inflation-ukraine-development-goals-sdgs-b2125779.html" aria-label="Read more about APTOPIX Russia Ukraine War Liza" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/07/18/07/APTOPIX_Russia_Ukraine_War_Liza_08047.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/07/18/07/APTOPIX_Russia_Ukraine_War_Liza_08047.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/07/18/07/APTOPIX_Russia_Ukraine_War_Liza_08047.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>We are also witnessing the highest number of conflicts since the Second World War</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/britain-inflation-ukraine-development-goals-sdgs-b2125779.html">Britain faces multiple global crises – but we are ignoring them</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-ck4k2b-0 sc-1i9ikq5-0 sc-tpl4vh-2 cjAzNt ebQccz jcaGle"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><span class="sc-u4n1j-0 jqgRgz"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" id="2944a426e11a1e6a" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M8 5v14l11-7z"></path></svg></span><a href="/climate-change/opinion/britain-inflation-ukraine-development-goals-sdgs-b2125779.html" aria-label="Read more about APTOPIX Russia Ukraine War Liza" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/07/18/07/APTOPIX_Russia_Ukraine_War_Liza_08047.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/07/18/07/APTOPIX_Russia_Ukraine_War_Liza_08047.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/07/18/07/APTOPIX_Russia_Ukraine_War_Liza_08047.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>We are also witnessing the highest number of conflicts since the Second World War</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/britain-inflation-ukraine-development-goals-sdgs-b2125779.html">Britain faces multiple global crises – but we are ignoring them</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-ck4k2b-0 sc-1i9ikq5-0 sc-tpl4vh-2 cjAzNt ebQccz jcaGle"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/heatwave-uk-weather-climate-crisis-b2121139.html" aria-label="Read more about iStock-494498930.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/07/12/12/iStock-494498930.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/07/12/12/iStock-494498930.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/07/12/12/iStock-494498930.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Heat health alerts are in place until at least Friday, as the Met Office advises people to stay indoors and look after the elderly and clinically vulnerable</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/heatwave-uk-weather-climate-crisis-b2121139.html">Enjoying the sunshine? Here’s why you really shouldn’t be </a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-ck4k2b-0 sc-1i9ikq5-0 sc-tpl4vh-2 cjAzNt ebQccz jcaGle"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/travel-flights-chaos-climate-crisis-b2120298.html" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/07/10/11/0b53604a3b7381c8bee60591287e62ecY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjU3NTMzODc5-2.67699240.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/07/10/11/0b53604a3b7381c8bee60591287e62ecY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjU3NTMzODc5-2.67699240.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/07/10/11/0b53604a3b7381c8bee60591287e62ecY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjU3NTMzODc5-2.67699240.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Either we are serious about the climate crisis or we should admit we do not give a toss </p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/travel-flights-chaos-climate-crisis-b2120298.html">I have zero sympathy for victims of travel chaos – just ban flights</a></h2></div></div></div></div></div><div class="sc-cHqXqK dxfrkX sc-16rjmfl-2 cDOoUc" data-type="ArticleX8"><div class="section-body"><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-16rjmfl-0 jMZxqB cEuGSO"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/sizewell-c-nuclear-power-britain-energy-bills-b2116074.html" aria-label="Read more about sizewell-b.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2020/12/14/14/sizewell-b.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2020/12/14/14/sizewell-b.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2020/12/14/14/sizewell-b.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>The power plant on the Suffolk coast will eventually provide 3.2 gigawatts of baseload electricity </p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/sizewell-c-nuclear-power-britain-energy-bills-b2116074.html">Sizewell C is a start but Britain needs much more nuclear energy</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-16rjmfl-0 jMZxqB cEuGSO"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/sizewell-c-nuclear-power-britain-energy-bills-b2116070.html" aria-label="Read more about sizewell-b.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2020/12/14/14/sizewell-b.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2020/12/14/14/sizewell-b.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2020/12/14/14/sizewell-b.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>The power plant on the Suffolk coast will eventually provide 3.2 gigawatts of baseload electricity </p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/sizewell-c-nuclear-power-britain-energy-bills-b2116070.html">Sizewell C is a start but Britain needs much more nuclear energy</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-16rjmfl-0 jMZxqB cEuGSO"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate article-premium"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/independentpremium/voices/art-galleries-just-stop-oil-paintings-b2115203.html" aria-label="Read more about IMG_9770" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/06/29/16/29160057-6f176a31-84fd-431e-a212-cbcb6ec300f1.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/06/29/16/29160057-6f176a31-84fd-431e-a212-cbcb6ec300f1.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/06/29/16/29160057-6f176a31-84fd-431e-a212-cbcb6ec300f1.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>No damage was done to any of the paintings targeted by these young people</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content premium-badging"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/independentpremium/voices" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Voices</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/independentpremium/voices/art-galleries-just-stop-oil-paintings-b2115203.html">Art galleries are complicit in trashing our planet – they can change</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-16rjmfl-0 jMZxqB cEuGSO"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/us-supreme-court-epa-climate-decision-b2113584.html" aria-label="Read more about SEI100129161.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/05/05/23/SEI100129161.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/05/05/23/SEI100129161.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/05/05/23/SEI100129161.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Never mind that Congress can barely agree that climate change exists, much less how to regulate it</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/us-supreme-court-epa-climate-decision-b2113584.html">US decision on climate is so ruthless, big business doesn’t want it</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-ck4k2b-0 sc-1i9ikq5-0 sc-16rjmfl-1 cjAzNt ebQccz kVfYvv"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/wildlife-restoration-funding-landscape-recovery-b2112145.html" aria-label="Read more about iStock-1298655065.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/06/29/16/iStock-1298655065.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/06/29/16/iStock-1298655065.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/06/29/16/iStock-1298655065.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Along with Ireland and Malta, the UK has the most depleted wildlife wealth in Europe</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/wildlife-restoration-funding-landscape-recovery-b2112145.html">Wait until you hear what the Tories have done to British wildlife</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-ck4k2b-0 sc-1i9ikq5-0 sc-16rjmfl-1 cjAzNt ebQccz kVfYvv"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><span class="sc-u4n1j-0 jqgRgz"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" id="2944a426e11a1e6a" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M8 5v14l11-7z"></path></svg></span><a href="/climate-change/opinion/foodbanks-cost-of-living-crisis-labour-sustainability-b2111972.html" aria-label="Read more about Retail sales fall" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/06/24/07/26fdbef444aceb878baca04fdd730fddY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjU2MTM4ODQ3-2.67223812.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/06/24/07/26fdbef444aceb878baca04fdd730fddY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjU2MTM4ODQ3-2.67223812.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/06/24/07/26fdbef444aceb878baca04fdd730fddY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjU2MTM4ODQ3-2.67223812.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Putting sustainability at the heart of our response to the cost of living crisis is not just smart thinking – it’s social justice in action</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/foodbanks-cost-of-living-crisis-labour-sustainability-b2111972.html">Here’s how we can be sustainable during the cost of living crisis</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-ck4k2b-0 sc-1i9ikq5-0 sc-16rjmfl-1 cjAzNt ebQccz kVfYvv"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate article-premium"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/g7-antonio-guterres-renewable-energy-climate-crisis-b2110054.html" aria-label="Read more about United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres greets Portugal's President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, during an event ahead of the United Nations Ocean Conference in Lisbon" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/06/27/09/2022-06-26T155853Z_238714423_RC2QZU9ELH66_RTRMADP_3_UN-OCEAN-MOMOA.JPG?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/06/27/09/2022-06-26T155853Z_238714423_RC2QZU9ELH66_RTRMADP_3_UN-OCEAN-MOMOA.JPG?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/06/27/09/2022-06-26T155853Z_238714423_RC2QZU9ELH66_RTRMADP_3_UN-OCEAN-MOMOA.JPG?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres (second left) greets Portugal’s president Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa ahead of the United Nations Ocean Conference in Lisbon</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content premium-badging"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/g7-antonio-guterres-renewable-energy-climate-crisis-b2110054.html">The world is burning – it’s time for a renewables revolution</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-ck4k2b-0 sc-1i9ikq5-0 sc-16rjmfl-1 cjAzNt ebQccz kVfYvv"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><span class="sc-u4n1j-0 jqgRgz"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" id="2944a426e11a1e6a" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M8 5v14l11-7z"></path></svg></span><a href="/climate-change/opinion/g7-ban-ki-moon-climate-ation-farmers-funding-b2106749.html" aria-label="Read more about GERMANY-G7-SUMMIT-FEATURE" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/06/22/11/AFP_32CW49Z.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/06/22/11/AFP_32CW49Z.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/06/22/11/AFP_32CW49Z.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Investing in adaptation measures saves countries money in the long-run </p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/g7-ban-ki-moon-climate-ation-farmers-funding-b2106749.html">The G7 is our chance to kickstart climate action – here’s how</a></h2></div></div></div></div></div><div class="sc-cHqXqK dxfrkX" data-type="HeroPlus6Articles"><div class="sc-tpl4vh-4 gmZWCu wrapper"><div class="sc-tpl4vh-0 haBfoe"><div class="sc-qm89yg-0 lfZgMR sc-qm89yg-1 cMFZtL sc-qm89yg-2 SKhGr hero-article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/cumbria-coal-mine-boris-johnson-climate-b2107611.html" aria-label="Read more about GettyImages-501860368.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/06/23/11/GettyImages-501860368.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/06/23/11/GettyImages-501860368.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/06/23/11/GettyImages-501860368.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>The market for the coal is evaporating before the mine has even been opened</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 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href="/climate-change/opinion/cumbria-coal-mine-boris-johnson-climate-b2107611.html" aria-label="Read more about GettyImages-501860368.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/06/23/11/GettyImages-501860368.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/06/23/11/GettyImages-501860368.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/06/23/11/GettyImages-501860368.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>The market for the coal is evaporating before the mine has even been opened</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-tpl4vh-1 jMZxqB kUcnUB"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/clean-air-day-electric-vehicles-evs-b2102670.html" aria-label="Read more about iStock-625281592.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 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Make drivers pay to travel on every UK road</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-tpl4vh-1 jMZxqB kUcnUB"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate article-premium"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/independentpremium/voices/regulation-banks-greenwashing-climate-esg-b2100619.html" aria-label="Read more about Financial Markets Wall Street" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/06/10/08/Financial_Markets_Wall_Street_18504.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/06/10/08/Financial_Markets_Wall_Street_18504.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/06/10/08/Financial_Markets_Wall_Street_18504.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>No doubt compliance executives across Wall Street, the City, and other financial centres are scrambling</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content premium-badging"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/independentpremium/voices" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Voices</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/independentpremium/voices/regulation-banks-greenwashing-climate-esg-b2100619.html">Regulators are coming for banks accused of ‘greenwashing’ – good</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-tpl4vh-1 jMZxqB kUcnUB"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate article-premium"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/independentpremium/news-analysis/boris-johnson-food-strategy-meat-environment-b2099831.html" aria-label="Read more about SEI109533934.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/06/13/10/SEI109533934.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/06/13/10/SEI109533934.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/06/13/10/SEI109533934.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>The new food strategy has been declared unfit for purpose by the government’s own lead advisior </p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content premium-badging"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/independentpremium/news-analysis" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">News analysis</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/independentpremium/news-analysis/boris-johnson-food-strategy-meat-environment-b2099831.html">The PM’s shambolic food strategy has been attacked from all sides</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-tpl4vh-1 jMZxqB kUcnUB"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate article-premium"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/independentpremium/business/climate-change-net-zero-cbi-tony-danker-b2095833.html" aria-label="Read more about The European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/04/13/13/9e35d4d050c1ab9d5a8b71f4afcd7aaeY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjQ5OTM3ODA2-2.38391755.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/04/13/13/9e35d4d050c1ab9d5a8b71f4afcd7aaeY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjQ5OTM3ODA2-2.38391755.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/04/13/13/9e35d4d050c1ab9d5a8b71f4afcd7aaeY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjQ5OTM3ODA2-2.38391755.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Britain’s offshore wind industry will ultimately cut bills for consumers </p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content premium-badging"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/independentpremium/business" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Business</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" 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about Ukraine War Africa Food Crisis" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/05/30/07/Ukraine_War_Africa_Food_Crisis_10575.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/05/30/07/Ukraine_War_Africa_Food_Crisis_10575.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/05/30/07/Ukraine_War_Africa_Food_Crisis_10575.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Extreme weather events exacerbated by climate change are already hitting global food supplies</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/climate-emergency-food-supplies-famine-b2094830.html">Our food was under threat before Putin – now it’s getting worse</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-ck4k2b-0 sc-1i9ikq5-0 sc-tpl4vh-2 cjAzNt ebQccz jcaGle"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/climate-crisis-nature-solutions-b2094265.html" aria-label="Read more about TOPSHOT-INDIA-WEATHER-FLOODS" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/06/05/12/AFP_32AN9B9.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/06/05/12/AFP_32AN9B9.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/06/05/12/AFP_32AN9B9.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>In parts of Bangladesh, climate change is driving floods that have led to major food shortages</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/climate-crisis-nature-solutions-b2094265.html">Could nature be our best protection from the climate crisis? </a></h2></div></div></div></div></div><div class="sc-cHqXqK dxfrkX sc-16rjmfl-2 cDOoUc" data-type="ArticleX8"><div class="section-body"><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-16rjmfl-0 jMZxqB cEuGSO"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/world-environment-day-50th-climate-africa-b2091378.html" aria-label="Read more about A girl collects water with a bottle in the Shabelle river in Gode, Ethiopia in April. The worst drought to hit the Horn of Africa for 40 years is pushing 20 million people towards starvation" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/06/05/03/SEI102091608.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/06/05/03/SEI102091608.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/06/05/03/SEI102091608.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>A girl collects water with a bottle in the Shabelle river in Gode, Ethiopia in April. The worst drought to hit the Horn of Africa for 40 years is pushing 20 million people towards starvation</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/world-environment-day-50th-climate-africa-b2091378.html">The climate crisis is a race that we have no option but to win</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-16rjmfl-0 jMZxqB cEuGSO"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/platinum-jubilee-street-party-plastic-waste-b2093979.html" aria-label="Read more about Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee 2022 - The Public Celebrates With Street Parties Around The Nation" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/06/05/09/1401009798.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/06/05/09/1401009798.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/06/05/09/1401009798.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>If you can’t use cutlery from home, use bamboo and wood alternatives, and paper plates, cups and signs where possible</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/platinum-jubilee-street-party-plastic-waste-b2093979.html">Getting ready for a jubilee street party? Read this first</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-16rjmfl-0 jMZxqB cEuGSO"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/net-zero-home-solar-panels-b2090272.html" aria-label="Read more about solar turbine.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/03/03/17/newFile-12.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/03/03/17/newFile-12.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/03/03/17/newFile-12.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>When I heard the chancellor was imposing another nuclear surcharge on our energy bills, I decided to try to eliminate my night-time electricity imports</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/net-zero-home-solar-panels-b2090272.html">My net zero home generates triple the electricity I use – here’s how</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-16rjmfl-0 jMZxqB cEuGSO"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/north-sea-oil-gas-climate-crisis-b2088725.html" aria-label="Read more about GettyImages-474592187.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/05/26/20/GettyImages-474592187.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/05/26/20/GettyImages-474592187.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/05/26/20/GettyImages-474592187.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>We don’t own the oil and gas from the North Sea </p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/north-sea-oil-gas-climate-crisis-b2088725.html">I was at Shell for 33 years – the government is wrong on North Sea oil</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-ck4k2b-0 sc-1i9ikq5-0 sc-16rjmfl-1 cjAzNt ebQccz kVfYvv"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/climate-crisis-greenwashing-oil-investment-net-zero-b2086071.html" aria-label="Read more about India Heat Wave" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/05/23/19/India_Heat_Wave_51642.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/05/23/19/India_Heat_Wave_51642.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/05/23/19/India_Heat_Wave_51642.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Many of the new taskforce’s members have been attacked for their greenwashing</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/climate-crisis-greenwashing-oil-investment-net-zero-b2086071.html">The government created a greenwashing taskforce for the climate crisis</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-ck4k2b-0 sc-1i9ikq5-0 sc-16rjmfl-1 cjAzNt ebQccz kVfYvv"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/rishi-sunak-climate-coal-oil-and-gas-b2078316.html" aria-label="Read more about Climate advisers on energy crisis" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/04/04/17/ENVIRONMENT%20OilGas%20%2006584140.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/04/04/17/ENVIRONMENT%20OilGas%20%2006584140.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/04/04/17/ENVIRONMENT%20OilGas%20%2006584140.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Is it any wonder that more and more people, despairing at the government siding with banks and oil companies, are turning to civil disobedience?</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/rishi-sunak-climate-coal-oil-and-gas-b2078316.html">How Rishi Sunak is quietly going back to coal, oil and gas</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-ck4k2b-0 sc-1i9ikq5-0 sc-16rjmfl-1 cjAzNt ebQccz kVfYvv"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/just-stop-oil-dale-vince-b2065071.html" aria-label="Read more about Just Stop Oil protest" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/04/15/16/59f0c00ef8bfb017ac78377d786cac1aY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjUwMTIyNzc4-2.66154972.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/04/15/16/59f0c00ef8bfb017ac78377d786cac1aY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjUwMTIyNzc4-2.66154972.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/04/15/16/59f0c00ef8bfb017ac78377d786cac1aY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjUwMTIyNzc4-2.66154972.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Their goal is as simple as it is essential: to stop all new exploration for oil and gas in the UK </p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/just-stop-oil-dale-vince-b2065071.html">I run a football club – why I’m funding protests that stop matches</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-ck4k2b-0 sc-1i9ikq5-0 sc-16rjmfl-1 cjAzNt ebQccz kVfYvv"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/earth-day-onshore-wind-energy-industry-b2063498.html" aria-label="Read more about GettyImages-1237801611.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/04/22/16/GettyImages-1237801611.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/04/22/16/GettyImages-1237801611.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/04/22/16/GettyImages-1237801611.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Regulations killed off almost every new windfarm in the devolved nations </p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/earth-day-onshore-wind-energy-industry-b2063498.html">How the UK strangled its onshore wind energy industry at birth</a></h2></div></div></div></div></div><div class="sc-cHqXqK dxfrkX" data-type="HeroPlus6Articles"><div class="sc-tpl4vh-4 gmZWCu wrapper"><div class="sc-tpl4vh-0 haBfoe"><div class="sc-qm89yg-0 lfZgMR sc-qm89yg-1 cMFZtL sc-qm89yg-2 SKhGr hero-article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/religion-climate-crisis-africa-earth-day-2022-b2062571.html" aria-label="Read more about GettyImages-1237585731.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/04/22/09/GettyImages-1237585731.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/04/22/09/GettyImages-1237585731.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/04/22/09/GettyImages-1237585731.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Africa is the most religious continent on the planet</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><div class="content"><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 dixNBq"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/religion-climate-crisis-africa-earth-day-2022-b2062571.html">Religion is crucial to combatting the climate crisis in Africa </a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-nzkiss-1 hxwvSK sc-nzkiss-4 sc-tpl4vh-3 hLxfqm dZmOJL article-climate hero-article"><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 dixNBq"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/religion-climate-crisis-africa-earth-day-2022-b2062571.html">Religion is crucial to combatting the climate crisis in Africa </a></h2><div class="sc-nzkiss-0 eZmSCJ"><div class="sc-nzkiss-2 fERoeh"></div></div></div><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/religion-climate-crisis-africa-earth-day-2022-b2062571.html" aria-label="Read more about GettyImages-1237585731.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/04/22/09/GettyImages-1237585731.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/04/22/09/GettyImages-1237585731.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/04/22/09/GettyImages-1237585731.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Africa is the most religious continent on the planet</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-tpl4vh-1 jMZxqB kUcnUB"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/earth-day-climate-crisis-green-deal-b2062419.html" aria-label="Read more about GettyImages-1232452852.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/04/21/13/GettyImages-1232452852.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/04/21/13/GettyImages-1232452852.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/04/21/13/GettyImages-1232452852.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Cop26 saw a series of disastrous and unambitious pledge</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/earth-day-climate-crisis-green-deal-b2062419.html">For young activists like me, Earth Day means not giving up hope</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-tpl4vh-1 jMZxqB kUcnUB"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/voices/earth-day-nuclear-energy-fuel-energy-b2062615.html" aria-label="Read more about GettyImages-1239099178.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/04/21/16/GettyImages-1239099178.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/04/21/16/GettyImages-1239099178.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/04/21/16/GettyImages-1239099178.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Even Japan, victim of the Fukushima disaster a decade ago, is restarting some of its plants.</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/voices" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Voices</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/voices/earth-day-nuclear-energy-fuel-energy-b2062615.html">Why nuclear power won’t solve the fuel crisis</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-tpl4vh-1 jMZxqB kUcnUB"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/lizzie-carr-climate-action-data-b2061888.html" aria-label="Read more about Plastic Patrol High Res (54 of 112) Cropped.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/04/20/19/Plastic%20Patrol%20High%20Res%20%2854%20of%20112%29%20Cropped.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/04/20/19/Plastic%20Patrol%20High%20Res%20%2854%20of%20112%29%20Cropped.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/04/20/19/Plastic%20Patrol%20High%20Res%20%2854%20of%20112%29%20Cropped.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/lizzie-carr-climate-action-data-b2061888.html">Three ways you can use people-powered data to take climate action</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-tpl4vh-1 jMZxqB kUcnUB"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/climate-activism-war-fossil-fuels-b2051387.html" aria-label="Read more about GettyImages-1239165055.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/04/05/16/GettyImages-1239165055.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/04/05/16/GettyImages-1239165055.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/04/05/16/GettyImages-1239165055.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>It is in this frenzied existential moment in human history, that the Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion blockades are taking place</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/climate-activism-war-fossil-fuels-b2051387.html">An existential war is raging – and I don’t mean in Ukraine</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-ck4k2b-0 sc-1i9ikq5-0 sc-tpl4vh-2 cjAzNt ebQccz jcaGle"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/climate-activism-war-fossil-fuels-b2051387.html" aria-label="Read more about GettyImages-1239165055.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/04/05/16/GettyImages-1239165055.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/04/05/16/GettyImages-1239165055.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/04/05/16/GettyImages-1239165055.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>It is in this frenzied existential moment in human history, that the Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion blockades are taking place</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/climate-activism-war-fossil-fuels-b2051387.html">An existential war is raging – and I don’t mean in Ukraine</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-ck4k2b-0 sc-1i9ikq5-0 sc-tpl4vh-2 cjAzNt ebQccz jcaGle"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/lizzie-carr-influence-government-policy-b2051248.html" aria-label="Read more about thumbnail_Planet Patrol Lizzie 6 Cropped.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/04/05/13/newFile-9.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/04/05/13/newFile-9.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/04/05/13/newFile-9.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Lizzie Carr and her Planet Patrol app</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/lizzie-carr-influence-government-policy-b2051248.html">Five ways one person can influence policy </a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-ck4k2b-0 sc-1i9ikq5-0 sc-tpl4vh-2 cjAzNt ebQccz jcaGle"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/nigel-farage-climate-project-fracking-questions-b2048898.html" aria-label="Read more about GettyImages-1167205315.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/03/14/12/GettyImages-1167205315.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/03/14/12/GettyImages-1167205315.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/03/14/12/GettyImages-1167205315.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Farage is already whining his debate is a victim of cancel culture</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/nigel-farage-climate-project-fracking-questions-b2048898.html">Why won’t Nigel Farage answer questions about his new project?</a></h2></div></div></div></div></div><div class="sc-cHqXqK dxfrkX" data-type="ArticleX6PlusMPU"><div class="sc-19guepa-0 eFJDAo sc-19guepa-4 hzYBnj wrapper"><div style="grid-area:story-tall-1" class="sc-1t3uya-0 jMZxqB story-tall-1"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate article-premium"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/rooftop-solar-panels-home-skills-industry-b2045532.html" aria-label="Read more about FILE PHOTO: Solar panels from SunPower are installed on residential buildings" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/03/25/17/2022-03-22T100223Z_109117175_RC2M7T94IU1D_RTRMADP_3_CLIMATE-CHANGE-SEC-INVESTORS.JPG?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/03/25/17/2022-03-22T100223Z_109117175_RC2M7T94IU1D_RTRMADP_3_CLIMATE-CHANGE-SEC-INVESTORS.JPG?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/03/25/17/2022-03-22T100223Z_109117175_RC2M7T94IU1D_RTRMADP_3_CLIMATE-CHANGE-SEC-INVESTORS.JPG?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Solar panels can also help reduce energy costs for those who can’t install them</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content premium-badging"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/rooftop-solar-panels-home-skills-industry-b2045532.html">It is our national duty to embrace rooftop solar panels at home</a></h2></div></div></div><div style="grid-area:story-tall-2" class="sc-1t3uya-0 jMZxqB story-tall-2"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/transport-for-london-fares-france-b2048096.html" aria-label="Read more about iStock-1317832626.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/03/31/12/iStock-1317832626.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/03/31/12/iStock-1317832626.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/03/31/12/iStock-1317832626.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Sadiq Khan says the government needs to stop dreaming and restore proper funding to TfL permanently</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/transport-for-london-fares-france-b2048096.html">To fix public transport in Britain, we should copy France</a></h2></div></div></div><div style="grid-area:story-tall-3" class="sc-1t3uya-0 jMZxqB story-tall-3"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/greenwashing-retailers-amazon-primark-b2039559.html" aria-label="Read more about iStock-458873659.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/03/29/14/iStock-458873659.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/03/29/14/iStock-458873659.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/03/29/14/iStock-458873659.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>To really know if a brand is truly sustainable and ethical, look for the B Corp certification</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/greenwashing-retailers-amazon-primark-b2039559.html">High street brands are pulling the wool over our eyes by greenwashing</a></h2></div></div></div><div style="grid-area:story-tall-4" class="sc-1t3uya-0 jMZxqB story-tall-4"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/higher-food-prices-climate-crisis-b2043988.html" aria-label="Read more about GettyImages-1236112135.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/03/25/13/GettyImages-1236112135.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/03/25/13/GettyImages-1236112135.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/03/25/13/GettyImages-1236112135.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt='<p>Bonkers, <a href="https://twitter.com/icy_pete/status/1504992810239344641">according to</a> an Antarctic researcher</p>' class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/higher-food-prices-climate-crisis-b2043988.html">‘Shocking’: Antarctica heat is a warning for higher food prices</a></h2></div></div></div><div style="grid-area:story-tall-5" class="sc-1t3uya-0 jMZxqB story-tall-5"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate article-premium"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/independentpremium/news-analysis/boris-johnson-wind-farage-trump-offshore-b2042545.html" aria-label="Read more about Don Quixote wind turbine" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/03/24/09/Don%20Quixote%20wind%20turbine.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/03/24/09/Don%20Quixote%20wind%20turbine.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/03/24/09/Don%20Quixote%20wind%20turbine.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Don Quixote and Sancho Panza assess a fearsome enemy </p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content premium-badging"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/independentpremium/news-analysis" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">News analysis</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/independentpremium/news-analysis/boris-johnson-wind-farage-trump-offshore-b2042545.html">We’re about to see a boom in wind power at sea and on land</a></h2></div></div></div><div style="grid-area:story-tall-6" class="sc-1t3uya-0 jMZxqB story-tall-6"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/north-sea-oil-climate-crisis-ipcc-b2038349.html" aria-label="Read more about GettyImages-1192349069.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/03/17/17/GettyImages-1192349069.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/03/17/17/GettyImages-1192349069.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/03/17/17/GettyImages-1192349069.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>The chancellor has previously supported £11bn of new investments in North Sea oil</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/north-sea-oil-climate-crisis-ipcc-b2038349.html">We cannot invest into North Sea oil while claiming climate leadership</a></h2></div></div></div><div style="grid-area:story-only-1" class="sc-ck4k2b-0 sc-1i9ikq5-0 cjAzNt ebQccz story-only-1"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/higher-food-prices-climate-crisis-b2043988.html" aria-label="Read more about GettyImages-1236112135.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/03/25/13/GettyImages-1236112135.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/03/25/13/GettyImages-1236112135.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/03/25/13/GettyImages-1236112135.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt='<p>Bonkers, <a href="https://twitter.com/icy_pete/status/1504992810239344641">according to</a> an Antarctic researcher</p>' class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/higher-food-prices-climate-crisis-b2043988.html">‘Shocking’: Antarctica heat is a warning for higher food prices</a></h2></div></div></div><div style="grid-area:story-only-2" class="sc-ck4k2b-0 sc-1i9ikq5-0 cjAzNt ebQccz story-only-2"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate article-premium"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/independentpremium/news-analysis/boris-johnson-wind-farage-trump-offshore-b2042545.html" aria-label="Read more about Don Quixote wind turbine" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/03/24/09/Don%20Quixote%20wind%20turbine.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/03/24/09/Don%20Quixote%20wind%20turbine.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/03/24/09/Don%20Quixote%20wind%20turbine.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>Don Quixote and Sancho Panza assess a fearsome enemy </p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content premium-badging"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/independentpremium/news-analysis" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">News analysis</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/independentpremium/news-analysis/boris-johnson-wind-farage-trump-offshore-b2042545.html">We’re about to see a boom in wind power at sea and on land</a></h2></div></div></div><div style="grid-area:story-only-3" class="sc-ck4k2b-0 sc-1i9ikq5-0 cjAzNt ebQccz story-only-3"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/north-sea-oil-climate-crisis-ipcc-b2038349.html" aria-label="Read more about GettyImages-1192349069.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/03/17/17/GettyImages-1192349069.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/03/17/17/GettyImages-1192349069.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/03/17/17/GettyImages-1192349069.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>The chancellor has previously supported £11bn of new investments in North Sea oil</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/north-sea-oil-climate-crisis-ipcc-b2038349.html">We cannot invest into North Sea oil while claiming climate leadership</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-19guepa-2 fKwCwP"><div class="mpu-item sc-vt4bqf-0 sc-19guepa-1 fTluHM fzYRYc"><div class="sc-1pfx6hk-0 lgUbTS"><div data-mpu="true" data-is-video="false" data-tile-name="mpu3" data-ad-unit-path="/71347885/_main_independent/in_climate-change/in_opinion/index/mpu3" data-size-key="SINGLE_MPU" data-refresh-check="false" data-refresh-ms="13000" class="sc-1pfx6hk-2 fUbSGV"></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="sc-cHqXqK dxfrkX sc-16rjmfl-2 cDOoUc" data-type="ArticleX8"><div class="section-body"><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-16rjmfl-0 jMZxqB cEuGSO"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/joe-biden-climate-change-sec-b2038236.html" aria-label="Read more about Germany Climate" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/03/15/15/Germany_Climate_21820.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" srcSet="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/03/15/15/Germany_Climate_21820.jpg?quality=75&width=375&auto=webp 375w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/03/15/15/Germany_Climate_21820.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" loading="lazy" alt="<p>This could be a landmark moment</p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/joe-biden-climate-change-sec-b2038236.html">Joe Biden’s last big chance to tackle the climate crisis is coming</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-16rjmfl-0 jMZxqB cEuGSO"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate article-premium"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP 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It is high time someone put the cuffs on me, says the director </p>" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ sc-ntudqq-2 ODTTC"></a></div><div class="content premium-badging"><div class="sc-1p30kpk-1 giHSvG capsules"><a href="/climate-change/opinion" class="sc-1p30kpk-0 kPYPKv capsule">Opinion</a></div><h2 class="sc-9tb5ao-0 bQJwom"><a class="title" href="/climate-change/opinion/climate-change-adam-mckay-ipcc-b2031357.html">Why Hollywood director Adam McKay is offering himself up for arrest</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="sc-1t3uya-0 sc-16rjmfl-0 jMZxqB cEuGSO"><div class="sc-umxyss-1 cUrdTG article article-climate"><div class="sc-ntudqq-0 iIvoSP image-wrap"><a href="/climate-change/opinion/sex-toys-ocean-plastic-sustainable-b2034740.html" aria-label="Read more about iStock-1255120096.jpg" class="sc-ntudqq-1 eGtqYv"><img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/03/13/10/iStock-1255120096.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp" 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