General Election 2019: The first climate-change election

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In this election all major parties are talking about cutting down carbon. The Greens aim for net-zero by 2030, the Labour conference voted for the same, although its manifesto may have a later date. The Tories already have it in law for 2050, and the Lib-Dems think it can be done five years earlier.Associated editor Julian Glover explains why this is “the first climate change election” and why making real change will mean making harder choices that aren’t really being talked about.Rose Hudson-Wilkin is the Church of England’s first black woman bishop. We’re celebrating the sign of a changing church, and ask where it goes next?The Tate Modern launches an exhibition on photographer Dora Maar, its curator Emma Lewis on how an extraordinary female artist’s talent was overlooked because of her male lover – Picasso Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.