With COP26 less than 100 days away, Caroline Lucas writes that net zero by 2050 is far too late, saying that ‘there is a yawning gap between our ambitions and the reality the government is delivering. This dithering is dangerous’. In The Independent, she writes: ‘Just last week, the...
Caroline Lucas MP warns that the prime minister is washing his hands of coronavirus responsibility. He is not guided by science and makes public health a matter of personal responsibility. She wrote in The Metro: Remember the days when Boris Johnson said he would be ‘guided by the science’ in the response to...
Our Green Peer Natalie Bennett tells The Independent that serious harm against nature must be treated as a crime both in the UK and internationally. Natalie has posed two amendments to the Environment Bill. One will make ecocide, harming nature, a criminal offense. The other calls on the UK...
The leader of Brighton and Hove Council, Green Party councillor Phelim Mac Cafferty successfully passed a motion 6 July at the Local Government Association General Assembly calling on the Government to ensure that there is “adequate representation” for local authorities at COP26.** The motion was seconded by other Green...
Reflecting over the incident that took place last week in the Black Sea involving the HMS Defender, Green Peer Natalie Bennett asks: was this Johnson’s dangerous attempt to look big on the world stage? In Left Foot Forward, she writes: At one level, the incident last week in the Black Sea...
It’s time to build an economy that works for people and planet. Rather than people and planet working for the economy.
Jenny Jones, our Green Peer, writes in Left Foot Forward that ‘the current prohibition of archaeology from the forthcoming Environment Bill needs to be contested’. This comes as members of the Lords began a detailed examination of the Bill at committee stage this Monday 21 June. Jenny continues, saying:...
The UK’s independent Climate Change Committee released findings showing that the rise in climate effects are not being met with sufficient action from the government. Covering the findings, The Independent writes: ‘The UK is less prepared now than it was five years ago for the escalating effects of the...
