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The threat of climate change and global warming, fueled by relentless commercialization and excessive consumption, has turned into a fighting ground for both policymakers and concerned citizens. The coming decade is set to determine not only a collective response to reducing carbon emissions, but the entire future direction for international development and the global justice movement.

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The Real Answer to Climate Change is to Leave fossil fuels in the Ground

Ladies and gentlemen, I have the answer! Incredible as it might seem, I have stumbled across the single technology which will save us from runaway climate change! From the goodness of my heart, I offer it to you for free.

'The biggest environmental crime in history'

BP, the British oil giant that pledged to move "Beyond Petroleum" by finding cleaner ways to produce fossil fuels, is being accused of abandoning its "green sheen" by investing nearly £1.5bn to extract oil from the Canadian wilderness using methods which environmentalists say are part of the "biggest global warming crime" in history.

CO2 Cuts Needed Across the Earth

Imagine that the world's leading industrial nations stopped spewing greenhouse gases tomorrow. Now stop smiling: Severe climate change would still plague the world within a generation because of pollution in developing countries.

Eat, Drink and Be Miserable: the True Cost of Our Addiction to Shopping

Today it seems politically unpalatable, but soon the state will have to turn to rationing to halt hyper-frantic consumerism.

Time to Stop the Climate Blame Game

As a key UN climate change conference gets underway in Bali, Malini Mehra - founder of the Centre for Social Markets - says the current global political system is "abysmally unfit for purpose".

Rich Not Doing Enough to Help Poor Fight Climate Change: Oxfam

Rich countries need to increase their financial support to help the world's poorest nations adapt to the effects of climate change, says Oxfam, describing current levels of aid as "an insult".

Climate Change: This Crisis Demands a Reappraisal of Who We Are and What Progress Means

When you warn people about the dangers of climate change, they call you a saint. When you explain what needs to be done to stop it, they call you a communist. Let me show you why.

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