Extreme politics and extreme weather coincide, creating a polycrisis that requires confrontation. Few media organisations examine why the climate emergency produces a new era of demagogues or how authoritarian leaders misdirect public attention away from the root causes of global malaise. About nine out of every ten people want stronger government climate action, yet powerful governments, financial institutions and big oil companies are abandoning promises and funding secretive lobby groups and far-right politicians to block progress. Climate disinformation proliferates through social media influencers, bots and rightwing media, promoting conspiracies that shift blame from fossil fuels and cuts to emergency services.
Extreme politics and extreme weather go hand in hand, and both have to be confronted if we are to understand and overcome the polycrisis we are living through. Yet few media organisations are examining why the climate emergency is creating a new era of demagogues. Even fewer are scrutinising how those authoritarian leaders are trying to misdirect public attention away from the root cause of our current global malaise.
The Guardian is different. About nine out of every 10 people in the world want their governments to take stronger climate actions, yet we've witnessed a dramatic shift away from the progress we need to avert climate disaster. Powerful governments, financial institutions and big oil companies are turning their back on climate promises and some are funding secretive lobby groups and far-right politicians that want to shift away from the progress we need to make real, positive change.
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