
With the UK set to record the hottest summer on record and 2027 set to be the hottest year ever recorded, the question must be asked, where is the climate movement? Will it return? And what lessons can we draw from this struggle?

While millions work in stifling heat, the capitalists have been busy pitting climate activists against ordinary people. They attack air conditioning and maximum working temperatures, while we suffer with wildfires and broken water systems.

In a surprise victory, the Conservatives beat the SNP in an Aberdeen by-election. While apathy towards the SNP helped, the vital question of oil and gas jobs won it for the Tories. The labour movement needs a real class-based solution to the green energy transition.