Biden climate summit offers empty spectacle
The two-day event that began Thursday underscored the reality that there is no solution to global warming and climate change within the framework of capitalism.
Patrick Martin•
Climate change
The Biden climate plan, Part One: A drop in the ocean
Even if Biden gets everything he asks for, his plan will be totally insufficient to meet its target of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
Jonathan Burleigh•
The climate crisis and imperialism
Far from fostering the international collaboration that would be required to reverse climate change, capitalist society is increasingly characterized by xenophobia, international conflict and war.
Andre Damon•
School students strike in New Zealand over inaction on climate change
Thousands of school students denounced the Labour Party-led government’s continued refusal to address the threat of catastrophic climate change.
Our reporters•
Climate change and the fight for socialism
Young people are organising across national boundaries in recognition that climate change has global causes and global consequences. In doing so, they are meeting up with an international resurgence of the class struggle.
International Youth and Students for Social Equality (UK)•
Number of deaths counted from Texas blackout catastrophe approaches 200
The elderly, disabled and poor needlessly suffered after losing power without warning for days on end during extreme winter weather.
Chase Lawrence•
Texas reports 111 dead from February winter storm that knocked out power and water for millions
The new tally is almost twice as high as previously reported. It surpasses the death toll from Hurricane Harvey in 2017 and is expected to grow even higher.
Trévon Austin•
The Texas power grid disaster
Robert Bea, co-founder of Center for Catastrophic Risk Management: "International collaboration is critical in disaster prevention"
The WSWS interviewed Professor Bea, who has investigated more than 630 major accidents involving complex engineered systems, from his home in California last week.
Barry Grey•
Increased flooding in Indonesia linked to deforestation
Environmental scientists and advocates have pointed to the devastating effects of deforestation from palm oil and mining operations that have contributed to flooding and landslides.
Robert Campion•
Migrant caravan of workers displaced by hurricanes departs Honduras
The migrants are escaping the destruction of their homes and livelihoods by back-to-back, record-setting storms that have left more than 400,000 Hondurans and Guatemalans living in shelters.
Andrea Lobo•
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