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LEO MCKINSTRY: How the accountant elected as a Green councillor presented himself as a campaigner for local unity... but was quite the opposite

The Leeds branch of the Green Party presented Mothin Ali, one of its city council candidates in last week s local elections, as a benign, humanitarian campaigner for local unity and social justice.

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Young Remain voters are tearing into "old people" after Britain voted to leave the EU

Young Remain voters are tearing into "old people" after Britain voted to leave the EU
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Why taking the long view helps you appreciate the present

Building a longtermism that works for the people of tomorrow and the people of today.

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Technology means we can support any team in the world – so why do you support your club?

With televised matches, social media and the ability to support any team in the world, how do we choose our teams?

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What Climate Justice Looks Like

A moral philosopher on the ethics of how we address global warming.

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Here's how to demolish the most common excuses for climate crisis apathy | Elizabeth Cripps

Every one of us now has a duty to do something, if not for ourselves then for the survival of future generations, says philosopher Elizabeth Cripps

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Taking responsibility for the past


ABC Religion & Ethics
Janna Thompson
Updated
Tue 9 Feb 2021, 5:51pm
There are undoubtedly limits to intergenerational responsibility, and cases where doubts arise about its existence; but these doubts are not likely to undermine demands for reparation for historical emissions from wealthy states. (Lukas Schulze / Getty Images)
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One of the sticking points in negotiations between developed and developing countries about the contributions they should make to alleviate the effects of climate change is whether developed countries should bear the greater share of the burden because of their historical responsibility for causing the problem.
Since the Industrial Revolution the activities of people in these countries have been contributing to the build up of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere. It is this historical accumulation of harmful emissions that has brought the world to the crisis that it is now facing.

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