TRUMP'S AUTHORITARIAN ASSAULT:

  LP-207 One Crisis Two Faces Civic Empowerment Solutions  to our Cost of Living Climate Crisis.  Evidence Before Power.  Accountability Before Ideology.  Climate Justice is Cost of Living Justice  Research Abstract LP-207 examines the political effects of personalised party leadership through an empirical comparison of Boris Johnson in the United Kingdom and Donald Trump in the United States. It investigates how political leaders’ personal brands, media visibility, electoral mobilisation and direct relationships with supporters can reshape the relationship between individual leaders, political parties and democratic institutions. The comparison identifies important similarities alongside significant constitutional differences. Both Johnson and Trump developed highly personalised political profiles in which their individual identities became prominent components of electoral communication, party mobilisation and public political debate. Their leadership als...

    LP-206 One Crisis, Two Faces: Practical, Global Civic Empowerment for Climate Action, Justice & Accountability Global Climate Action Framework Introduction The climate emergency and the cost-of-living crisis are not separate problems. They are interconnected consequences of the same underlying failures in how economies, energy systems, natural resources and political institutions are governed. Climate action therefore cannot be separated from the defence of human rights, voters' rights, election integrity and democracy. People must be able to participate freely and meaningfully in decisions that determine their environment, energy security, livelihoods, public services and future. Where elections are corrupted, manipulated or undermined; where voters are deliberately misled; where political finance lacks transparency; where public information is suppressed; or where powerful economic interests can capture political decision-making, communities can lose the democratic a...