What will change first: Climate or our politicians’ slow reaction to it?

If it's a climate emergency for slow learners then Leo is the slowest in the class. Whiteboards all over the world are covered have bullet points written across them in block capitals which say “The planet is burning” in different languages.

The Citizens’ Assembly which reported in April of last year made the recommendation, supported by 100% of the delegates, that the Government should take a “leadership role” in addressing climate change, and 80% said they would pay more taxes if that’s what it took.