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Articles tagged with: Climate change
Climate-smart fisheries can change the fate of our oceans
Environment
By Gareth Cunningham
Climate-smart fisheries can change the fate of our oceans
An effective climate-smart fishing strategy would reduce the carbon emissions that come directly from the UK fishing fleet; enhance marine biodiversity by reducing the damage from unsustainable fishing practices.
Farmers can be the heroes of a greener world
Environment
By David Fursdon
Farmers can be the heroes of a greener world
We should be avoiding intensive forms of farming livestock and poultry that are polluting many of our waterways, reducing soil health, and decimating biodiversity.
Our climate is at crisis point – the UK must go further and faster than net zero by 2050
Environment
By Caroline Lucas MP
Our climate is at crisis point – the UK must go further and faster than net zero by 2050
When the future of our planet relies on transformational change, a botched Green Homes Grant, a constantly delayed Treasury Net Zero Review, and a Transport Decarbonisation Plan which retains the £27 billion road building scheme, simply don’t cut it.
A complete system change is needed to save our planet
Environment
By Baroness Bennett
A complete system change is needed to save our planet
You can’t fix broken food, energy, or economic systems – let alone environmental systems – with the practices that broke them.
South Of England Should Expect More Flooding, According To UN Climate Report Scientist
Environment
South Of England Should Expect More Flooding, According To UN Climate Report Scientist
Southern England will be hit by more flooding unless there is a limit to global warming while all of Northern Europe can expect extreme rainfall if temperatures exceed 1.5 degrees.
Government Delaying Climate Change Action Is The Biggest Threat To Earth, Ed Miliband Warns
Environment
Government Delaying Climate Change Action Is The Biggest Threat To Earth, Ed Miliband Warns
Delaying action on cutting emissions by global governments is now the biggest threat to the planet, Labour’s Ed Miliband has said following the release of the UN’s “code red” report into climate change.
Minister Warns Government Needs 'Sense Of Urgency' To Tackle Climate Change
Environment
Minister Warns Government Needs "Sense Of Urgency" To Tackle Climate Change
Kwasi Kwarteng has said steps to tackle climate change must be taken with a "sense of urgency" ahead of the publication of a landmark climate report.
Copping It: How Boris Johnson’s Global Climate Ambition Risks Rebellion And Rancour At Home
Environment
Copping It: How Boris Johnson’s Global Climate Ambition Risks Rebellion And Rancour At Home
With less than three months until COP26 Boris Johnson is battling on two fronts to show the UK can lead the way in making the high profile climate conference a success.
Record investment for flood schemes will better protect homes and businesses from danger of climate change
Environment
By George Eustice MP
Record investment for flood schemes will better protect homes and businesses from danger of climate change
We are making changes to allow insurers to help flooded households to make their homes more resilient to future flooding and looking at ways to ensure our flood defence investment programme can further benefit frequently flooded communities.
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Foreign affairs
By Save the Children
Statement: Save the Children ‘deeply distressed’ that five Rohingya refugees killed in heavy rain and landslides in Cox’s Bazar
Skills and Post-16 Education Bill is a golden opportunity for the UK to lead the way on road to net zero
Environment
By Baroness Hayman, Lord Knight and Baroness Sheehan
Skills and Post-16 Education Bill is a golden opportunity for the UK to lead the way on road to net zero
The Prime Minister has said that the government’s new skills and education bill will be the “rocket fuel” for job creation and economic recovery, but it won’t succeed in its mission unless it recognises the challenges and opportunities of climate change.
UK must lead in battery and fuel cell technology or risk losing its automotive industry
Economy
By Lord Holmes
UK must lead in battery and fuel cell technology or risk losing its automotive industry
The UK is at risk of losing its existing automotive industry, falling further behind global competitors in battery manufacture and failing to meet our net-zero commitment.
Our capital city will be among the cleanest and greenest in the world
Environment
By Sadiq Khan
Our capital city will be among the cleanest and greenest in the world
The climate emergency is one of the biggest threats we face today. The Covid-19 pandemic has been a true crisis in every sense of the word, but it may pale in comparison to the impact of the climate breakdown, which could be even more damaging and disruptive to our way of life. In London, we are committed to making the capital a zero-carbon city by 2030, faster than any comparable city, and we have developed a climate action plan that is compatible with the highest ambitions of the Paris Agreement.
Unless the Prime Minister steps up now, the UN climate talks risk failure
Environment
By Chris Venables, Head of Politics at Green Alliance
Unless the Prime Minister steps up now, the UN climate talks risk failure
COP26 currently represents the world’s best chance to avoid catastrophic warming. Unless the gap between rhetoric and reality is closed, we will fail to prevent climate breakdown.
COP26 is make or break to tackle the climate emergency
Environment
By Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
COP26 is make or break to tackle the climate emergency
The climate emergency is happening now and even if we turned off the taps on every oil well and gas pipe tonight, that is only going to slow the process down, not stop it.
We need a climate impact assessment on all policy proposals going through cabinet
Environment
By Lord Sheikh
We need a climate impact assessment on all policy proposals going through cabinet
Such checks would help the UK to meet environmental targets and avoid unintended negative impacts that could undermine our climate ambitions.
For faith groups, progress on loss and damage is essential at the Glasgow climate summit
Environment
By Barry Gardiner MP
For faith groups, progress on loss and damage is essential at the Glasgow climate summit
“The Earth is the LORD’s, and everything in it.” Psalm 24:1. What relevance might an ancient Hebrew poem, written millennia ago, have to the climate crisis?
In conversation: Alexander Stafford, Alan Brown and Baroness Worthington debate energy
Environment
By Adam Payne
In conversation: Alexander Stafford, Alan Brown and Baroness Worthington debate energy
Three parliamentarians with strongly-held views on energy, Conservative BEIS committee member Alexander Stafford, the SNP’s energy and climate change spokesperson Alan Brown, and life peer Baroness Worthington discuss what more the government should be doing to meet its green targets — and have a fierce debate about the energy topic of the day: hydrogen. Chaired by Adam Payne
Financial institutions must set out how their investments align with the UK’s environmental goals
Environment
By Anthony Browne MP
Financial institutions must set out how their investments align with the UK’s environmental goals
To effect real change, investors, lenders and insurers must deliver transition plans that move environment-related risk reporting to a sustainable footing
Climate change is coming home
Environment
By David Warburton MP
Climate change is coming home
As hosts of COP26 and a world leader in tackling climate change, we can use this opportunity to set market-driving targets, share best-practice in how to achieve them and help the world transfer fairly to a net zero economy.
We must grab this opportunity to provide better futures now and for generations to come
Social affairs
By Lord Bird
We must grab this opportunity to provide better futures now and for generations to come
Embedding long-termism at the heart of UK politics is the right thing to do. I want to help the government Build Back Better through the Wellbeing of Future Generations Bill.
Ministers Accused Of 'Dithering' Over COP26 Plans After Failing To Confirm ‘Virtual’ Attendance
Environment
Ministers Accused Of "Dithering" Over COP26 Plans After Failing To Confirm ‘Virtual’ Attendance
Exclusive: The government has been urged to urgently clarify whether attendees will be able to join the COP26 summit virtually as visa deadlines loom.
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Economy
By Chartered Institute of Building
CIOB responds to CIC Carbon Zero climate action plan for Professional Institutions
Britain is hosting the G7, but it is certainly not leading it
Foreign affairs
By Lisa Nandy MP
Britain is hosting the G7, but it is certainly not leading it
After years of trashing alliances and breaking promises, this must be the moment to change course and reset our relationships with the United States and EU.