Congratulations this week to, of all people, President Xi and his comrades for announcing that China will build over the next decade 150 new nuclear power stations.
Leaders of the world's biggest economies are set to tackle climate change on the final day of a weekend summit in Rome that is widely expected to set the tone for a major conference on the same issue taking place in Glasgow, Scotland, over the next two weeks.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the UN climate summit in Glasgow, the country's environment minister says, in a boost for global efforts for steeper emission cuts to fight global warming.
Bill Stefaniak rehearses standard climate-denier lines, arguing our greenhouse gas abatement efforts will make no difference, so we should do nothing (CW, 21 October 2021, page 8).
Regardless of whatever position the PM decides to take on zero emissions, the Glasgow summit is shaping up as a farce, argues former ACT Opposition Leader, Bill Stefaniak.
