“We need a prime minister willing to put climate action at the top of the agenda but, so far, despite the searing heat, we’ve barely even had warm words from the candidates,” says Greenpeace UK.
A ‘breakthrough moment’ for climate delay and inaction, means the government will have to revise its climate change strategy to show how emissions reduction targets will be met.
‘A green vote has become something that the other parties have to take notice of.’
Nick Humberstone has entered the contest to replace Amelia Womack.
There are now three candidates in the running for the deputy leadership of the Greens
From peace and anti-war demonstrations to climate change marches and speeches by political figures, the legendary festival is well-known for its political undercurrent and activism roots.
‘No point in using bank funds to make the rich richer. No point in building new roads, or investing in fossil fuel when the carbon bubble looms every larger. Every point is focusing resources on projects that deliver for people and planet.’
Standing on a platform of winning up to 5 MPs at the next general election, Polanski is the first to put his name forward
Almost 70% of those asked support investment in green energy, compared to just 17% who back extraction of shale gas.
Global Warming Policy Foundation, the UK’s most prominent climate sceptic policy group, has received funding from the Sarah Scaife Foundation, one of the biggest donors to hard-line Conservative causes in the US over the decades.
