Climate and environment

Mia Mottley’s UN speech asked what a rules-based international system is worth to countries that lack the power to enforce those rules themselves.

What two centuries of safety law, labour rights, consumer protection and environmental regulation reveal about the gap between what pays and what is right.

When climate preparation is delayed, poorer people pay later through higher bills, bad housing, flood damage, heat risk and debt.

Government sounds urgent about outside threats, but slower and softer when domestic companies damage ordinary life.