Harnessing trade policy will be key to solving the environmental challenges of the twenty-first century, says the CBI's Rain Newton-Smith.
The evidence on climate change could not be clearer. In 2016, global greenhouse gas emissions reached 31.2% above the 1990 level, while the snows of Kilimanjaro have melted more than 80% since 1912. The impact of the massive changes to the climate can be seen everywhere and will have huge impacts on people around the world, with the world’s poorest seeing the impacts first and worst.
2019 has seen repeated and co-ordinated international protests, with over a million young people in more than 100 countries calling for politicians and businesses to prioritise action to slow global warming. From school strikes to the Extinction Rebellion, which has started a new wave of protests in London this week, these demonstrations emphasise that a lack of action will be catastrophic – for the planet and the generations to come. What does this mean for globalisation? And how does it impact the way that countries – and
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