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Climate activists must beat populists at their own game
As Trump and his global far-right allies poison the public mood on decarbonisation, climate advocates must change tactics or risk losing momentum.
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Oxfam activists wearing oversized masks representing world leaders, including US President Donald Trump, at the sidelines of the Cop30 summit.
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As nearly 50,000 delegates leave the Brazilian rainforest city of Belem this weekend after the conclusion of the COP30 United Nations climate talks,
Even with all that has been reported about dysfunction – not least the absence of the United States for the first time in three decades, thanks to the climate heresy of President Donald Trump – optimists will insist the world is quietly winning the decarbonisation battle.

