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This year, the northern hemisphere has been battered by unprecedented heatwaves and wildfires that have even reached the fringes of major European cities. 

At the same time, the global consensus on the need for urgent action has been attacked by rightwing populists as an elite concern, just as the poorest suffer most from the climate catastrophe. 

The result of this has been corporations retreating from their climate promises and major news organisations gutting their climate coverage. 

Thanks to the direct financial support of our readers like you from India, the Guardian has been able to move in the opposite direction from some of our competitors. 

As well as banning advertisements from fossil fuel companies, we have hired