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Climate Change

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Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week

Basit Mahmood
18 January, 2023

A roundup of news on the left…

Natalie Bennett: Today’s Energy Bill debate in the Lords is more important than ever

Natalie Bennett
16 January, 2023

The element of the Energy Bill that has got the most positive attention, and rightly so, has been amendments aiming to insert into the bill support for community energy schemes

climate change

Labour needs to get serious about climate adaptation for our future security

Eloise Sacares
9 January, 2023

‘To tackle the phenomenon of climate anxiety that’s affecting nearly half of young people’s daily lives, we must create a sense of security that whatever the weather, our services and infrastructure will still work for us.’

Friends of the Earth takes legal action against government over new coalmine in Cumbria

Basit Mahmood
5 January, 2023

“The steel industry is under no illusion that it must decarbonise if we’re to meet our climate goals”

Biodiversity

The world’s biodiversity crisis is just as acute as the climate crisis

Mike Buckley
22 December, 2022

Unlike the Paris accord set for climate emissions in 2015 the new Global Biodiversity Framework does not set country specific targets

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Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week

Basit Mahmood
20 December, 2022

A roundup of news from progressive outlets…

Biodiversity

International cooperation to improve biodiversity is essential for the survival of our planet

Wera Hobhouse MP
19 December, 2022

‘Critical carbon stores, such as ice sheets, forests, peatlands, wetlands and the ocean, must take equal priority with cutting emissions’

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Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week

Basit Mahmood
13 December, 2022

A roundup of news from progressive outlets…

Biodiversity

Sarah Olney MP: The government must approach the biodiversity emergency with the urgency it deserves

Sarah Olney
12 December, 2022

‘The protection of a biodiverse environment has been plagued by ill-management and the government’s failure to understand the tangible consequences of poor biodiversity’

COP26

Approval of first UK coal mine in decades sparks condemnation from activists, opposition, and government’s official climate advisers

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
8 December, 2022

‘The UK government risks becoming a superpower in climate hypocrisy rather than climate leadership.’

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