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 …
With European climate policy in post-Brexit lockdown, and US delegates gripped by uncertainty (even for their own jobs) following Trump's election, a new global climate leader is emerging, writes Natalie Bennett. China is stepping up as the country with the finance, technology and industrial might to take forward the Paris Agreement - and for its companies to reap the benefits.
… from Marrakesh: is China the world's new climate leader? Natalie Bennett | 15th November 2016 News Climate Change USA UK Brexit COP22 China … Renewables china-solar-cut.jpg With European climate policy in post-Brexit lockdown, and US …
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, …
Proportional representation could enable us to solve our environmental, social, economic and educational emergencies together.
… Democratic reform and climate change Natalie Bennett | 1st February … Voting Proportional Representation Democracy Climate Change voting_in_hackney.jpg … Scarborough council has formally declared a climate emergency . It's the eleventh council …
The government risks falling way short in tackling climate breakdown - and a long list of other environmental crises.
… Peers must listen to young climate strikers Natalie Bennett | 8th January 2020 News Climate Breakdown Queen's Speech House Of … risks falling way short in tackling climate breakdown - and a long list of other …
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 …
Exporting emissions is not the same as cutting them.
… News Parliament House Of Lords Committee On Climate Change Exporting Emissions Carbon Net … Report from the independent Committee on Climate Change 2020 makes a point of … guarantee compatibility with the Paris Climate Agreement, as the European Green Party …
The environment, agriculture and fisheries bills enable inaction, rather than mandating progress.
… They will set the framework for action on the climate emergency and nature crisis in the … the time the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change tells us we have to transform … They are not. Contrast them with the 2008 Climate Change Act, a world-leading move at …
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 …
What role might advertisers play in tackling climate change and creating a better world?
… What role might advertisers play in tackling climate change and creating a better world? A … has a greater role to play in fighting climate change than politicians”. You might … of superpolicies that we need to tackle the climate emergency and a better life. But this …
Europe must learn from Indonesia's restoration of its peatlands if we are to cut agricultural carbon emissions.
… December 2018 News Thought Leaders Peatlands Climate Change Carbon Emissions Bangkok … a wide-ranging session on peatlands at the climate talks in Katowice. Extraordinary … Ruandha Agung Sugardiman, director general of Climate Change Control in Indonesia, looked …
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 …
Nuclear is no panacea for the climate crisis - even if we build new power plants they will come on line too late.
… power station Nuclear is no panacea for the climate crisis - even if we build new power … the increasing dangers presented by multiple climate, human and physical threats that could … if we are to “keep 1.5 alive” , as the CPO26 climate talks set out to do. Uncertain Even …
We need strong local economies that are built on the foundation of local, independent businesses and cooperatives designed to meet people's needs.
… wracked by poverty and inequality, facing a climate emergency and a nature crisis, a model … regularly go to bed hungry while we face a climate emergency and nature crisis on a … peers, I’m pleased to say, referred to the climate emergency, and the threat that trade …
Where are England’s wind turbines? Tangled in narrow political calculation.
… we are starting, as we need to in this age of climate emergency, to harness that power to … wind power by 2035 if it is to respect its climate commitments, according to a report by … Imperial College and Vivid Economics for the Climate Change Committee (CCC). Onshore The …
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 …
We need to overhaul what we grow, and how and where we grow it, if we are to make the most of our land and fight climate change.
… we are to make the most of our land and fight climate change. To see the need for change and … of the Earth, Biovale and the Committee on Climate Change, “what is land for?” It was … impact, not just in soil damage and climate emissions, but also contributions to …
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 …