America has a symbolic importance in terms of, historically it's really flip flopped on climate change policy. So byden really has an uphill struggle ahead of him. The whole climate genda at the minute feels like it's very much hampered by all events world wide. We'ren place right now where action on climate change is urgent, is at a crisis level. Politicians were meant to have 12 months to respond to that crisis level and up the anti nationally. And instead, it just feel s like all the dominoes are stacking against that. Six months away from the next climate summit gatween.
America’s Supreme Court has essentially shorn the Environmental Protection Agency of its agency in making national policy. We ask what that means for the climate-change fight. Hong Kong is marking 25 years since its handover from Britain to China; the promised “one country, two systems” approach is all but gone already. And why moustaches are back in Iraq.
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