As we wait for David Miliband’s promised return to the blogosphere, the news arrives that none other than Michael Chertoff, the US Secretary for Homeland Security, has started one. Is it about the drought in the south eastern US? Hurricane resilience? Current counter-terrorism campaigns? Er, no: so far, it’s limited to raking over the coals of 9/11…
Let’s make climate a culture war!
If the politics of climate change end up polarised, is that so bad? No – it’s disastrous. Or so I’ve long thought. Look at the US – where climate is even more polarised than abortion. Result: decades of flip flopping. Ambition under Clinton; reversal...