Wild anomalies such as the 38C recorded in northern Russia this week underline climate change threat

Source: Arctic Circle’s record temperatures heighten global warming concerns | Financial Times

Northern Comment – As evidence piles up about the accelerating impacts of climate change the leader of the western world dismisses it as a hoax or Chinese conspiracy. In the UK, where we are due to host COP26 in November 2021 progress to meet the 2050 net zero emissions looks much harder to achieve. It is difficult to know what post Covid-19 will look like if indeed there is a post Covid-19.

There needs to be a much clearer focus on what needs to be achieved and the same sense of urgency as has been generated by the virus. Climate change and a Green Deal investment programme must be a focus of action now.