It's time for the Government to get serious about the flooding - and the climate change that is driving it, says Green Party Leader Natalie Bennett. Cameron should begin by dredging the muck out of his own Cabinet.
… Flooding and climate - we need action! Natalie Bennett | 14th February 2014 Comment Flooding UK Climate Change Politics natalie-bennett.png … to get serious about the flooding - and the climate change that is driving it, says Green …
How to make farming 'climate friendly' was one of the hot topics at COP22 in Marrakesh, writes Natalie Bennett, with two contrasting models on show: 'climate smart' agriculture, with its reliance on industrial farming systems; and agroecology, which works with nature to build fertile, high-carbon, moisture-retaining soils, and sustain employment for millions of skilled land workers.
… Agroecology versus 'climate smart' - our next big challenge from … | 30th November 2016 Comment Agroecology Climate Chantge COP22 farm-cuba-cut.jpg How to make farming 'climate friendly' was one of the hot topics at …
Whatever government we end up with after tomorrow's election, there's just one way to make sure it takes climate change and wider environmental issues seriously, Natalie Bennett told a Cambridge audience yesterday - for us to deliver the strongest Green vote ever!
… Bennett | 6th May 2015 Comment Politics Climate Change Green Economy … there's just one way to make sure it takes climate change and wider environmental issues … In seven months' time the most important climate negotiations ever will take place in …
On Monday Cameron was waxing lyrical on climate change at COP21 in Paris, writes Natalie Bennett. But his true colours will be revealed tomorrow as a long established anti-fracking camp in Cheshire is set for eviction: all part of the plan for a new generation of gas-fired power stations that will blow the UK's emissions targets.
… Cameron's real climate policy: promise the sky, frack the … On Monday Cameron was waxing lyrical on climate change at COP21 in Paris, writes … government are desperately concerned about climate change and keen for action. In fact, …
The law of unintended consequences is usually assumed to mean the best will in the world can still cause terrible harm. But the need to understand the causes of climate change is forcing societies to address other risks from industrial production, argues NATALIE BENNETT.
… | 14th November 2017 Comment Corporations Climate Change Emissions Bonn Sustainability … But the need to understand the causes of climate change is forcing societies to address … needs to be addressed whenever we talk about climate change: the other impacts of the …
The former co-leader of the Green party, NATALIE BENNETT is in Bonn where she tells of the story of two cities: the politicians on one side performing seemingly endless negotiations and the scientists and NGOs on the other calling for urgent action.
… | 10th November 2017 Comment Bonn COP23 Climate Change Green Party Climate Science 405678.jpg The former … and physically separate parts of the COP climate talks in Bonn. One, known as the Bulla …
The Government has let down Britain with its repeated failures to seize the opportunities of green growth, healthy local food, better housing, environmental protection - and is instead pinning all its hopes on flawed, outmoded ideologies that betray our futures.
… Bennett | 6th June 2014 Comment UK Politics Climate Change Farming Fossil Fuels Fracking … efforts to secure a global agreement on climate change." Yet it deserves attention … issues, particularly dealing with climate change. In fact, when political …
Fighting global warming will take meaningful change - not business as usual.
… Natalie Bennett | 19th December 2018 Comment Climate Change COP24 Global Warming Katowice … business as usual. The dialogue of the COP24 climate talks often seem to consist of little … acceptance of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warning that the world …
The emergence in the Paris Agreement of 1.5C as the global temperature rise the world should aim for is hugely significant, writes Natalie Bennett. But it's up to us, climate activists and ordinary citizens the world over, to make sure it's delivered.
… | 14th December 2015 Comment COP21 Politics Climate Change upton-cut.jpg The emergence in … writes Natalie Bennett. But it's up to us, climate activists and ordinary citizens the … to make sure it's delivered. An international climate conference is a big thing. Tens of …
The UK was among the countries which signed up to the Powering Past Coal alliance, launched at the Bonn climate talks. But with coal generating just two percent of power in August, meeting the target of 2025 is all to easy. For other European countries - Poland and Spain included - phasing out coal will be an even greater challenge. NATALIE BENNETT investigates.
… Bennett | 4th January 2018 Comment Coal Climate Change Transition Local Economies … Past Coal alliance, launched at the Bonn climate talks. But with coal generating just … Past Coal alliance, launched at the Bonn climate talks. In Britain, the reality is this …
It's time for UK citizens to #takebackREALcontrol by challenging the anti-democratic powers that control our country, our economy and our lives, retiring Green Party Leader Natalie Bennett told her party conference this weekend in this barnstorming speech. And that's a challenge only the Greens are prepared to take on.
… | 5th September 2016 Comment Politics UK Climate Change Pollution Oceans Transport … US and China have jointly ratified the Paris climate deal. That makes Theresa May's … abolition of the department of energy and climate change, and her appointment as …
There's no doubt that one of the losers in this year's UK election was the environment and that there's clearly been a failure not just in politics, which is failing in so many ways, but also in environmental communication - a failure to reach people's hearts and minds with the urgent need for change, writes NATALIE BENNETT
… | 14th July 2017 Comment Environment Politics Climate Change Action green party … not to mention the bigger, broader issues of climate change, biodiversity and bioabundance … issues he was concerned about. "What about climate change?" I asked. "Well I know I'm …
Agroecology, plant-based diets and scathing critiques of REDD+ have reached the mainstream at this year’s climate talks, argues NATALIE BENNETT
… Bennett | 22nd November 2017 Comment COP23 Climate Change Green Party … have reached the mainstream at this year’s climate talks, argues NATALIE BENNETT … an increasingly large place at international climate discussions. Forestry has always had a …
Green Economics Institute (GEI) and Green European Foundation one-day conference asks, 'mining for metals, can it be fair?'
… fossil fuel systems that threaten runaway climate change. They require metals – and … issue of sand . Much talk about the climate emergency centres on the high-carbon … activity, particularly in the light of our climate emergency and biodiversity crisis? …
Soil is a neglected and vital issue. Can the House of Lords protect the UK soils where the House of Commons has so far failed?
… Of Lords Green Party COP26 Editor’s Picks Climate Breakdown soilhands.jpg Soil is a … be a big topic of conversation at the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow. But before we get to …
Energy and resource efficiency could form the basis of a positive case for remaining in the EU.
… sources to tackle the pressing issue of climate change. Resource efficiency There’s … could mean more costs for consumers, more climate damage, and tougher times for our …
The campaign against fracking began with concerns about the local environment, and the impact on communities. It then took in the global issues of climate change and energy. Now local people are growing ever more concerned about democracy and state power, argues NATALIE BENNETT
… It then took in the global issues of climate change and energy. Now local people … risks of spills and contamination. And about climate change – how we need to be moving …
To secure the clean energy transformation for the long term we must get the good news out there, writes Natalie Bennett - driving forward a popular movement for warm, comfortable homes, affordable fuel bills, community renewables and thriving local economies.
… was leading the world in 2008 with the Climate Change Act, there hadn't been the … and policy analyst specialising in energy, climate and other environmental topics. She is …
Weeds are destroying crops globally - but the real problem is Big Agriculture.
… are, have been doing better in the warming climate. Crops, meanwhile, are literally … ill-equipped to deal with the fast-changing climate. Landraces The diversity of cultivated …
At ReTuna in Sweden everything sold is recycled or reused or has been organically or sustainably produced. NATALIE BENNETT reports on the benifits of a more circular economy and what we can learn from the world's first recycling mall.
… and bust” and even those who acknowledged climate change as an issue saw it as something …
The NHS is one of our greatest institutions and we must defend it to the hilt, writes Natalie Bennett. But to build the healthy society we all want and deserve, we need joined up policies across the policy spectrum, valuing human wellbeing above crude economic growth.
… month of the Lancet Commission on Health and Climate Change, which said failure to tackle climate change - and expansion of Heathrow … the air, insulate our homes, and also tackle climate change. What are we waiting for? …
The aim of the Resurgence Trust - owner and publisher of The Ecologist - is to change people's worldview so we can live in harmony with each other and with nature. Here NATALIE BENNETT, former Green party leader, explains why this aim is so vital today
… more people to a very high level: at the Bonn climate talks I heard an academic from the …