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Some cities are fighting climate change, but our leaders are not
It is mayors living close to the people who understand what is needed to tackle climate change better than national politicians in their private jets and chauffeur-driven cars, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
GREEN INNOVATION: The Cheonggyecheon urban redevelopment opens a green nature corridor through Seoul [Grayswoodsurrey/CC]

IT is amazing that at exactly the same time as the press is full of stories about the devastating effects of climate chaos on people in Europe and around the globe, we are also seeing headline after headline about pressure on both the Tory and Labour leaders to ditch even more policies aimed at protecting our environment, alongside a media and hard-right scare campaign against the mayor of London’s extension of the Ultra Low Emission Zone.

The fact that many on the hard right deny the need for real action to tackle climate change does not alter the reality.

And the reality is that the increasingly extreme events across the globe — such as the Greek and Italian wildfires just this week — are clear examples of a deepening climate emergency that needs to be addressed urgently.

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