Climate News: 'Action the best antidote to despair' - Professor Lesley Hughes; A plea from UN Secretary General, António Guterres; COP28 president, Sultan Al Jaber, 'cautiously optimistic'

Professor Lesley Hughes has academically moved from ants to the atmosphere as she discusses in this interview - "‘Hope has to be a strategy’: the scientist who refused to let the climate warmongers win"; Sultan Al Jaber (pictured) - "COP28 president 'cautiously optimistic' on success of key climate conference"; "UN Climate Change Conference - United Arab Emirates"; "What Endures After a Climate Activist’s Suicide: Grief, Anger and Hope"; "World stands on frontline of disaster at Cop28, says UN climate chief"; "Ahead of COP28, a Call for a ‘Tangible Phase-Out of Fossil Fuels as Soon as Possible’"; "As New York Officials Push Clean Hydrogen Project, Indigenous Nation Sees a Threat to Its Land"; "Australia closing in on meeting 2030 emissions target, official projections show"; "COP-out: Why the petrostate-hosted climate talkfest will fail"; "How Carbon Capture and Storage Projects Are Driving New Oil and Gas Extraction Globally"; "Pumped Storage Hydro Could be Key to the Clean Energy Transition. But Where Will the Water Come From?"; "Chris Bowen’s bold and sudden movement on climate sent the Coalition clutching at its pearls"; "The EU Overhauls Its Law Covering Environmental Crimes, Banning Specific Acts and Increasing Penalties"; "Too many renters swelter through summer. Efficient cooling should be the law for rental homes"; "Five Key Narratives to Watch For at COP28"; "‘Don’t think it won’t happen’: Far too many Aussies unprepared for disasters"; "Revealed: Scale of The Telegraph’s Climate Change ‘Propaganda’" "Eight key takeaways from the new National Climate Assessment"; "Ex-HSV designer reveals Callum Skye electric off-roader"; "Relax, Electric Vehicles Really Are the Best Choice for the Climate"; "Tesla Cybertruck leaks online a week ahead of official reveal"; "Climate change victims are dying in an ‘epicentre of indifference’"; "Australians suffer higher electricity prices as networks rake in billions of excess profits"; "The benefits to going car-free are real. Here’s how we can get there"; "Protest armada’s overnight vigil keeps Newcastle coal port shut down"; "Climate change victims are dying in an ‘epicentre of indifference’"; "Inside the new climate assault on the oil majors".