PolicyEnergy & ClimateExtreme weatherOpinionThe cost of climate action cannot be ignored, but nor can the cost of inaction. Reasonable people can debate the best way forward. Blinkered, ideological zealots will never get us anywhere.Pilita ClarkColumnistThe UK is bracing for its fifth heatwave in four months this week and so far I have been lucky.A few sleepless nights left me feeling tetchy, and I couldn’t send chocolates to a friend because the company paused shipments to avoid delivering chocolate soup.Financial TimesSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Latest In Energy & climateFetching latest articlesMost Viewed In Policy
There’s only one way to stop global warming, but politics is in the way
It requires dedicated ideological belief to argue against the scientific evidence that net zero is needed to stop ever more expensive and destructive warming.










