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 World Trade Organisation (WTO) has found India's huge solar initiative 'guilty' of breaking trade rules, write Dipti Bhatnagar & Sam Cossar-Gilbert, because it gives domestic manufacturers a small 10% quota for the supply of panels, leaving up to 90% for foreign competitors. It's a warning for perils of the entire WTO system, and of even harsher trade rules like those in TPP, TTIP and CETA.
… attacking common sense renewable energy policy in a developing country which has other … must be free to implement sound climate policy. At a time of mass global unemployment, … or other developing countries cannot enact policy to support the creation of domestic …
The deputy-director of the Bank of England is on a national tour to convince us of the seriousness of its policies to ease the recession. Molly Scott Cato can't wait for the punchline
… Mr. Bean to explain quantitative easing policy Molly Scott Cato | 16th July 2009 … tour to convince us of the seriousness of the policy of Quantitative Easing. The BBC managed … that they leave the task of explaining this policy in the hands of Mr Bean is just a …
Climate change is an existential threat to humans and our civilisation. A rapid transition to a renewable energy system must take place if we are to survive, argues Tom Burke - never mind the economics.
… two critical issues: the consequences of policy failure and choice of effective policy tools. The first problem flows from their framing of the policy question as a cost-benefit analysis. …
Today the Green party announced a doubling of its membership since January - 500 this last weekend alone, writes Ian Sinclair. They offer an increasingly attractive alternative to the 'mainstream' parties, who have little to offer but a bleak package of privatisation, neoliberalism and never-ending austerity.
… 2013 report from the Center for Economic and Policy Research. "The relationship between … joined-up thinking, arguably the headline policy for all the three main parties is … Party's joined-up thinking, the headline policy for all the main parties is austerity. …
A UN panel similar to the one for climate change has been given the go-ahead by world leaders with an admission they had failed to heed scientific warnings about biodiversity loss
… lack of recognition of biodiversity loss by policymakers around the world A UN panel … to act. The Intergovernmental Science Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem … own research but instead will, according to a policy statement, 'identify and prioritise key …
The installation of home insulation measures 'fell off a cliff' a decade ago, the government's own climate advisors state.
… Home insulation policy 'fell off a cliff' Emily Beament | 3rd … had carried on at rates seen before policy support was removed in 2012, and … to demand energy efficiency without any policy measures to support them. “We call this …
Brexit gives the UK the chance to reform the system of agricultural subsidies that rewards wealthy landowners at the expense of taxpayers, the global south, the environment, and small scale sustainable farmers, writes Alex Scrivener. But strong, effective campaigning will be needed to bring about the changes we desperately need.
… A post-EU agricultural policy for people and planet Alex Scrivener | … thing straight. The EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is a disaster. It is essentially … has been castigated for its food security policy that gives cheap food to the poor, …
Campaigners fear that the abolition of DECC, the department of energy and climate change, indicates that climate will take a low priority in Theresa May's policy agenda. Meanwhile the pro-fracking, pro-nuclear Andrea Leadsom is in charge of environment department Defra.
… will take a low priority in Theresa May's policy agenda. Meanwhile the pro-fracking, … the status of climate change in government policy making - just two days after the … risks dropping climate change from the policy agenda altogether - a staggering act of …
Fares for public transport around London should be abolished, says a new campaign briefing from Fare Free London.
… is calling on the city’s mayor to adopt the policy, and commission research on how to … introduced as part of an integrated transport policy, would help rapidly to cut the number … from the Greater London Council. On climate policy, the briefing shows that London’s …
With most of our food exports going to the EU, and most of our food imports coming from the EU, Molly Scott Cato wondered what plans the government had for the sector after Brexit. The answer? None! Two reports published today map out a positive future of sustainable farming, local food, thriving rural economies and abundant biodiversity. But is the government on the same page?
… development of agricultural and environmental policy, the answer was ... none! ‡ The absence … in the UK. The reports aim to inform policy makers, farmers, food producers and … currently get through the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP). However, they say direct …
Why and how we must welcome human migration in a warming world. Part 2 of 2.
… hard-line attempt to control immigration. The policy was called the Pacific Solution, … and yet it was rebuffed by Australia. The policy of the Pacific Solution was ended in … But it also works as a distraction from policy failures. Policy failures feeding …
Environment secretary Michael Gove said he is convinced “climate change is a danger” but that efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions must not come at the expense of economic growth. MAT HOPE of DeSmog UK reports
… Gove: climate policy must not come ‘at the expense of … in the UK ” - but pursuing climate policy must not come “at the expense of the …
British Government urged to support circular economy as world hits Earth Overshoot Day.
… a lack of understanding and imagination among policy makers as well as ingrained consumer … ensuring it is integral to industrial policy. The Committee on Climate Change has also called policy on resource efficiency “insufficient” …
Greens are united in opposing neoliberal 'austerity', write Rupert Read & Sandy Irvine. But there's another kind of austerity to which we are committed - that of living within ecological limits. But base the transition on social, economic and environmental justice, and there will be nothing austere about it. The future we're working for is one of sustainable, life-enhancing abundance.
… redistribution programme that is Conservative policy (and, in a Lite version, was New Labour policy too). But we are suggesting that it is …
Modern economies depend on growth, writes Giorgos Kallis: the moment it stops, we all get poorer, government tax revenues decline and unemployment rises. So is it possible to have prosperity without growth? Yes it is - and here's how ...
… Prosperity without growth: 10 policy proposals for the new left Giorgos … major overhaul of the tax system. Design this policy in conjunction with other tax and work … can be collected and used but economic policy shouldn't be expressed in terms of GDP …
Britain's deep-seated environmental and economic problems have nothing to do with immigration, writes Adam Ramsay, and everything to do with our unjust and divisive social order, and the austerity that is being inflicted on us by an oppressive ruling class.
… wage, and to have an active industrial policy which delivers well paid jobs in this … Compared to the impact of almost any economic policy, that's nothing. The problem is … to change the soul" , and she used economic policy - flexible labour markets, the growth …
Major funders of the pro-fossil fuel Global Warming Policy Foundation are always keen to speak out against public support for renewable energy, writes Brendan Montague. So how come they're so keen to help themselves to a fortune in farm subsidies?
… funders of the pro-fossil fuel Global Warming Policy Foundation are always keen to speak out … Lord Lawson's climate denying Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) are more than willing … a costly, unpopular and completely pointless policy that is butchering Britain's green and …
Somerset is experiencing its most significant flooding in decades. As the political right calls for ever more dredging, Karen Potter trawls Defra's archives ... and finds a shocking history of sound policy sacrificed to short term political expediency.
… ... and finds a shocking history of sound policy sacrificed to short term political … Housing Federation lavished praise on the policy on BBC News: "Ministers should be … in accordance with the government's planning policy on flood risk, known as PPS25 . The …
The UK budget must be about pouring enough water on climate fires and irrigating resources to those in need - not about plucking geese and ‘maxed-out’ credit cards.
… should, stop traffic. Always of concern to policy makers, interest rates tend only to … ecological interest rate look like? Monetary policy - control of the amount of money in … the same principle as for good taxation policy, namely - tax more what you want less …
Trade deals are used to extract valuable resources from the Global South - but a recent victory shows we can make a difference.
… rules of the global economy and defines the policy space countries have for tackling … national legal systems over any change in policy they allege harms their profits. … are seeking, which bar use of the same policy tools they are using to home-grown …
To achieve true sustainability, ecological movements across Europe must push for independence from an EU ideologically locked into a neoliberal 'free trade' agenda wedded to endless economic growth, writes David Acunzo.
… regulations and about making the policy implications of environmental research …