Councillor Warnes says divesting is one of the best ways Bradford Council could help tackle the climate emergency, and is a more ethically and financially sensible choice in light of COP2...
“As this report makes clear, there are too many critical areas where the Government is lagging behind, yet they must be addressed if we are to achieve net zero emissions.” Caroline Lucas ...
“Both the Conservative and Labour parties are stuck in a past that hasn’t kept pace with how rapidly the world is changing.” Green Peer Jenny Jones reflects on the urgent need for the Gov...
Green Party spokesperson and former MEP Molly Scott Cato speaks to Green World about the significance of the recent court ruling in the Netherlands that will see Shell obliged to cut its ...
“Where there’s a big gaping hole is the fact that there are still no policies to deliver this new target.” Green Party Co-leader Jonathan Bartley and Caroline Lucas MP respond to the Prim...
“In the long term, retrofitting homes and switching them to renewables will cost less than not doing it and letting London and the rest of the country face the toll of the climate emergen...
Ahead of the upcoming Scottish elections, which will be vital in determining Scotland’s future and how it rebuilds, Cllr Kim Long, who is running to be a Green MSP for Glasgow, describes ...
“This plan for zero-carbon steel should sit at the heart of a green UK industrial strategy.” Cllr Jonathan Essex makes the case for a just transition to zero-carbon steel for the UK’s con...
“The momentum towards low-traffic neighbourhoods, better options for walking and cycling, and even 20mph area-wide speed limits is, I believe, now unstoppable.” Cllr Julian Dean explains ...
"The 6th Carbon Budget , in SLACC’s opinion, undermines the assumptions used by Cumbria CC to argue that emissions from the ‘end use’ of the coal in steel making are zero." Maggie Mason f...
“Those profits, going to the few, must not be at the expense of the living future of us all.” Green Peer Natalie Bennett outlines why it is essential that the Financial Services Bill cent...
“This is why I advocate for the restoration of Lake Chad as one of the solutions that will end violence against women and girls – because women’s right are environmental rights.” Nigerian...
Former MEP Molly Scott Cato has called for more transparency of international climate finance, following research that found developed nations exaggerate the climate adaptation finance ma...
“The UK’s seabird populations have undergone decades of decline linked to climate change and pressure from human activities.” Helen Quayle, Offshore Wind Policy Officer at the Royal Socie...
“How can you expand an airport in a climate emergency? It makes no sense at all.” Green Party MP Caroline Lucas and Transport Spokesperson Caroline Russell respond to the UK Supreme Court...
"Most of the progress in the past five years, looking back, has been the thought and word, rather than deed." On the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement, Green Peer Natalie Bennett l...
Sara Hall, Head of Movement and Partnerships at Tax Justice UK, considers whether the country is ready for the tax and climate justice agendas to run smoothly alongside one another.
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“We want system change, not climate change. Acquiescing to the system that protects the wealth and privilege of a select few will ensure the continued exploitation and oppression of all, ...
“The rolling programme of rail electrification, through cost effective delivery, is the real prize for the climate.” Chas Ball, convenor of the Zero Carbon Yorkshire Transport Working Gro...
"Without fundamental and significant changes to the way we exist as a human society, 90 per cent of coral reefs will be in danger by 2030, and nearly all of them by 2050." Sophie Benbow, ...
