Business groups are urging the Australian federal government to broker a deal and get its key climate policy through parliament, while warning it not to concede too much to the Greens in the process.
Environmentalists and many of their Democratic allies are preparing to focus on state capitals as the places to press for action on climate change — going back to a strategy they employed during the Trump era.
Many environmentalists say it's time to toss in the towel on some of the progressives' social policies in order to secure a narrower deal on Manchin’s terms.
The German Greens in July 2021 are noticeably cautious of drawing an explicit link between the climate emergency and weather that has devastated towns across the country and claimed the lives of at least 164 people.
French President Emmanuel Macron, who once declared "Make The Planet Great Again" but whose climate agenda got knocked off course by street protests, is under new pressure to fight climate change after the Green Party did well in local elections.
