Ed Hawkins: It is five years since the UK put net-zero by 2050 into law. Prime Minister Theresa May, saw the Gorner glacier in Switzerland retreating on her regular hiking visits there. That visual manifestation of our warming world helped persuade her of the need to act. www.politico.eu/article/ther...

It is five years since the UK put net-zero by 2050 into law. Prime Minister Theresa May, saw the Gorner glacier in Switzerland retreating on her regular hiking visits there. That visual manifestation of our warming world helped persuade her of the need to act. www.politico.eu/article/ther...

Nobody even noticed the Tories’ biggest legacywww.politico.eu Five years ago this week, in the teeth of the Brexit wars, an outgoing Tory prime minister was looking for a legacy. Theresa May settled on net zero —and now it’s on Labour to keep that target aliv…

Gorner glacier 1863 and 2019

Last month I saw my first glaciers on a cruise from Seattle to Alaska and back. The stop at Mendenhall was eye opening.

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