As the Brexit negotiations begin, a coalition of grassroots food and farming organisations today launch ‘A People's Food Policy' calling for England to develop a more progressive food policy in advance of leaving the EU. Scotland is already in the process of adopting national food policies and is currently developing a ‘Good Food Nation Bill', while England has yet to make any progress
… A People's Food Policy - grassroot food and farming groups … organisations today launch ‘A People's Food Policy' calling for England to develop a more progressive food policy in advance of leaving the EU. Scotland …
It's now clear what place government ministers and senior officials want for the UK in a post-Brexit world, writes Mark Curtis - and it's not pretty! A new era of corporate 'free trade' colonialism looms, spearheaded by aid spending, with ramped-up arms exports to the world's most corrupt and repressive regimes, all backed up by military force to project the Britain's global financial interests.
… on what the consequences for British foreign policy might be. Some have stressed the … we are concerned that Britain's post-Brexit policy will: embed an extreme version of free … for free trade' First, there is one big policy that the government has constantly been …
David Cameron has called the badger cull is 'probably the most unpopular policy for which I am responsible', writes Dominic Dyer. But unable to break his pledge to landowners and the NFU, he has left Environment Secretary Liz Truss to fudge the issue until election time. Electorally fatal? So events may prove.
… badger cull is 'probably the most unpopular policy for which I am responsible', writes … culls and a wider national roll out of the policy should they form a Government. With a … prospective candidates know the disastrous policy is political poison on the door step …
New report details options for increasing demand for post-consumer recycled waste.
… | 21st November 2018 News Science & Systems Policy Waste And Recycling Eunomia WWF WWF-UK … measure to tackle the world's rubbish crisis. Policy measures to deliver increased use of … Association. The report - Demand Recycled: Policy Options for Increasing the Demand for …
ShareAction recommends Shell shareholders reject pay policy at AGM this May because it 'incentivises further extraction and burning of fossil fuels'.
… Shell shareholders urged to reject pay policy Brendan Montague | 21st April 2020 News … recommends Shell shareholders reject pay policy at AGM this May because it … shareholders reject the remuneration policy that goes to a vote at Shell’s annual …
The National Planning Policy Framework will sideline smart growth in favour of out-of-town sprawl - rolling back decades of town centred development. Now campaigners have launched a toolkit to reduce travel demand within local transport plans
… carpollution.jpg The National Planning Policy Framework will sideline smart growth in … user or congestion charging, tax and fares policy, workplace, school and other travel … travel and is largely the concern of planning policy and the planning system. Reducing the …
Parliamentarians within NATO support nuclear No-First-Use policies.
… 2021 | News Nuclear Government Government Policy no_first_use.jpg Parliamentarians … Biden should give high priority to adopting a policy of no-first-use of nuclear weapons in … danger to humanity. A global no-first use policy can reduce the risks these weapons of …
'Adaptation is a last resort and only a testimony of mankind's inability to cooperate.'
… There are two major options for climate policy, one is adaptation, a private good … a public good, emission reductions, which is policy to reduce global carbon emissions. The recent debate in climate policy has shifted towards creating an optimal …
There is a real prospect of a Jeremy Corbyn led Labour government in the coming years. But what would the implications be for the environmental - and how might advocates engage with the party's policy making processes? Oz Ozkaya investigates
… Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn Environmental Policy img_0981_1.jpg There is a real prospect … how might advocates engage with the party's policy making processes? Oz Ozkaya … saying now with relation to environmental policy? Community energy In the manifesto, …
Campaigners hail legal victory in challenge over UK Government's Net Zero strategy.
… Net Zero policy shortfalls exposed Sian Harrison | 19th … strategy, after a High Court judge ruled the policy breaches its obligations under the … “The net zero strategy remains government policy and has not been quashed. The judge …
The Bovine TB conference in London last week was disrupted by media reporting of scientific conflict over badger culling studies, writes ecologist Tom Langton. But the real story is the collapse of confidence in the Randomised Badger Culling Trials, used to justify the mass killing of badgers; and the emergence of reliable new TB tests. The simple solution: stop the cull, and spend the money on gamma interferon cattle TB testing.
… Bovine TB summit: science-based policy, or policy-based science? Tom Langton | 7th April … the drip-feed 2011 bTB disease control agri-policy, like some terrible mortgage or pay-day …
How can environment campaigners make the most of ambitious policy announcements in Scotland?
… Holyrood Nicola Sturgeon SNP Parliament Policy 5592090042_fcf7e13134_b.jpg How can … campaigners make the most of ambitious policy announcements in Scotland? The First … pollution. It remains to be seen what policy and legislative changes in Scotland …
The Gates Foundation is spending half a billion dollars a year to 'feed the world', most of it aimed at Africa. But as GRAIN discovers, it is imposing a model of high-tech, high-input 'green revolution' farming, complete with GMOs, agro-chemicals and a pro-business neoliberal agenda, all in in alliance with corporate agriculture.
… grants focus on Africa. Imposing a neoliberal policy agenda Spending so much money gives the … Foundation is using its money to impose a policy agenda on Africa, accusing the … of different research, development and policy organisations across the world. Of this …
Last night's speech on Britain's energy choices by former environment secretary Owen Paterson's caused widespread outrage long before it was delivered. But what exactly did he say on the night? Read on, and be surprised to discover that it makes excellent sense - in parts.
… for four years I supported Coalition energy policy. However I have become increasingly … to learn more about the consequences of this policy. And what I have unearthed is alarming. Our current policy will cost £1,300bn up to 2050. It fails …
New research indicates that agricultural policies aimed at alleviating poverty in Africa are making things worse, writes Lawrence Woodward. Backed by 'development' aid, big business is forcing modern farming practices on unwilling rural communities. Only the rich benefit, while the poor carry the burden of landlessness and debt.
… the Director of Beyond GM and the Principal Policy Advisor for the Organic Research Centre …
The Government has refused to publish its report on the cost effectiveness of England's badger cull because it is 'still in draft form'. Campaigners say the real reason is that it reveals the cull to be cruel, ineffective and incredibly expensive.
… financial reappraisal of its badger cull policy because the document is "still in draft … form" . In 2011 the Government stated in a policy paper (see 4.17 / 4.18) that it would … before making any decision on rolling out the policy to new areas of the country. In its FOI …
All over the USA, identikit bills and resolutions have been appearing in state legislatures - all designed to suppress the US's growing renewable energy sector. Farron Cousins discovers the shady groups behind it all, and why they are fighting quite so hard.
… Who has the political muscle? The Energy and Policy Institute (EPI) has released a report … for the fossil fuel industry to lobby for policy changes. "Dozens of these so-called … a majority of which are members of the State Policy Network (SPN), worked to influence …
High ranking academics have issued a stark warning to policy makers on the future of Britain's shale gas - your best bet is that we have none that can be recovered consistent with policy objectives.
… Policy makers warned on UK shale gas - assume … academics have issued a stark warning to policy makers on the future of Britain's shale … none that can be recovered consistent with policy objectives. Four senior energy …
A 40 to 50 percent reduction in global emissions is required to meet Paris Agreement goals, new study finds.
… a scenario without emission reductions. Policy Although the study shows that the right … forms part of the so-called climate policy database developed as part of the …
Academics call on world policy makers to rethink their wildfire policies for the good of the environment and human life.
… Fire policy and biodiversity conservation Staff … 2020 News Fire Biodiversity Academics Policy Thought Leaders Fire fighters at forest fire Academics call on world policy makers to rethink their wildfire …
Global fish consumption has nearly doubled in the last 50 years. But the industrialisation of the fishing industry is taking a heavy toll on small-scale fishing communities. ELYSE MILLS writes about the rise of a global ‘fisheries justice’ movement
… communities engage in small-scale fishing. Policy change Of the approximately 73,000 … government adopted a new long-term fisheries policy that left small-scale fishers without … ruled in favour of the development of a new policy. In 2012, the new Policy for the …
Lessons we can learn from the emergence of the Gilets Jaunes (Yellow Vest) movement.
… Yellow Vests and climate policy tests Elise Lobbedez Nicholas Beuret | 22nd November 2023 | Comment Activism Policy Editor’s Picks Yellow Vests Protesters … movement to an environmentally friendly policy, with its members opposing an …
We need to frame policy that addresses the complex drivers of gendered vulnerabilities to climate change.
… Thought Leaders picture1.png We need to frame policy that addresses the complex drivers of … problematic. It is much easier to design policy that relates to simplified narratives … environmental action than it is to frame policy that addresses the complex drivers of …
Despite Cameron's promise to lead the 'greenest Government ever', the environment has taken a heavy bashing since the 2015 election, writes David Clubb - whether on oil, fracking, renewable energy or planning policy. But Wales is doing its best to follow a sustainable path, and demonstrating badly needed environmental leadership that the whole UK would do well to follow.
… oil, fracking, renewable energy or planning policy. But Wales is doing its best to follow … to nuclear energy and an ' open door ' policy to fracking; A complacent attitude to … the UK, has been made to feel the irrational policy vacillation of a Conservative …