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Climate Action Essential to Combat Hard-Right Populism

11/8/2025

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Ed Miliband, UK Energy Secretary, said at COP30 in Belém that tackling the climate emergency is essential for progressives to counter hard-right populism.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres called the failure to limit warming to 1.5C a moral failure and warned of severe consequences.
Leaders from vulnerable nations urged climate finance and action as the summit seeks to reduce fossil fuel dependence and protect forests, including Indigenous land rights.

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Ed Miliband, UK Energy Secretary, said at COP30 in Belém that tackling the climate emergency is essential for progressives to counter hard-right populism.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres called the failure to limit warming to 1.5C a moral failure and warned of severe consequences.
Leaders from vulnerable nations urged climate finance and action as the summit seeks to reduce fossil fuel dependence and protect forests, including Indigenous land rights.