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Is carbon offsetting any more than ‘greenwashing’?
There is a furious debate around the merits of carbon offsetting, which allows businesses to ostensibly cancel out their greenhouse gas emissions by buying carbon credits elsewhere. 


COP26: Financial system to be ‘rewired’ for net zero, says Sunak
In Glasgow, after all the pledges to protect the planet and ensure a greener future, the talk has turned to how to pay for it all. 


Labour will not have ‘anything to do with sham Tory committee’, says shadow leader of the House
We spoke to the Shadow Leader of the House, Thangam Debbonaire.


‘This is about justice for MPs’, says Andrea Leadsom
We spoke to Dame Andrea Leadsom, the former Commons leader who tabled the amendment to change the way allegations of MPs’ misconduct are investigated.


MPs vote to overturn Owen Paterson’s immediate suspension after alleged lobbying rules breach
To cries of “shame” echoing around the Commons, MPs have voted to put former Conservative minister Owen Paterson's suspension on hold, instead, opting to tear up parliament's own disciplinary system. 


COP26: ‘Game-changing’ pledges on methane emissions and deforestation
The 120 world leaders who came to Glasgow in a fanfare of hope and big promises are now on their way home, after signing up to some aspirational agreements to halt the destruction of forests and slash methane emissions over the next decade.


Met Police officers admit sharing photos of murdered sisters
Two Metropolitan Police officers have admitted taking photos of the bodies of two murdered sisters and sharing them on WhatsApp.


‘Our main struggle has been protecting Ecuador’s territories from extractivism’, says indigenous people’s advocate
We were joined by Helena Gualinga from the Kichwa people of Sarayaku in Ecuador. 


Train driver suffers ‘life-changing’ injuries in Salisbury crash
A train driver has been left with "life-changing" injuries and 13 others were taken to hospital after two trains collided in Salisbury yesterday evening. 


Barclays boss quits after investigation into links with Epstein
Barclays boss Jes Staley has quit over the initial findings of an invesitgation by the City watchdog into the extent of his links with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. 


It’s ‘bad business lending to Big Energy’, says former Bank of England governor
There is no shortage of dire warnings about the catastrophe facing the planet, but what's really needed are answers.


COP26: Climate activists out in force as Glasgow summit begins
Greta Thunberg has accused the summit delegates of failing to take the crisis seriously enough.


Former UN climate chief ‘confident’ world can achieve ‘big push toward’ 1.5 degree climate goal
Christiana Figueres was the United Nations climate chief at the historic conference in Paris in 2015, where nations first agreed to try to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees.


COP26: Glasgow summit hears passionate calls for action on climate
Enough of burning and drilling and mining - we are digging our own graves: the warning from the UN chief on the first day of this summit could hardly have been starker. 


Prince Charles warns world leaders COP26 is ‘last chance saloon’ to save planet
Prince Charles has warned world leaders that the COP26 climate summit is the "last chance saloon" to save the planet from the effects of climate change.



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