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 …
A 7-year old boy has been shot by park guards in Kaziranga national park, India, visited in April by Prince William and Kate, which operates a strict 'shoot first' policy. The incident highlights the government's wider efforts to evict tribal peoples from their forests in the name of conservation.
… Kate, which operates a strict 'shoot first' policy. The incident highlights the … , notorious for its brutal 'shoot to kill' policy towards suspected poachers. The boy, … over the advisability of the 'shoot to kill' policy, which has seen at least 62 people …
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 endangered Bengal Tiger and One-horned Rhino desperately need protection, writes Lewis Evans. But in India's Kaziranga National Park, 'fortress conservation' includes a brutal 'shoot on sight' policy that is terrorising local communities, many of them tribal. Indigenous peoples are the natural allies of conservation and need to be engaged in constructive solutions - not shot!
… includes a brutal 'shoot on sight' policy that is terrorising local communities, … kill' rule for suspected poachers. Under this policy, anyone park guards suspect of poaching … according to Save the Rhino which opposes the policy. To increase the guards' reach, local …
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, …
The palm oil industry's repeated failure to keep its promises illustrates why global initiatives to achieve 'sustainable palm oil' must place communities centre-stage, writes FPP. Standard-setters like the RSPO must demand action, enforcement and accountability - not just lofty commitments that inspire hope, but rarely deliver.
… 'No-Deforestation, No Peat, No Exploitation' policy and Golden Agri-Resources' 'Forest Conservation Policy'. Often following high level negative … structure) to these company-specific policy commitments (with perhaps higher …
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 …
It's not just western corporations that are moving into large-scale agribusiness in Ethiopia, writes Mohammad Amir Anwar. Indian investors have acquired rights to some 6,000 sq.km of land much of it in the ecologically sensitive Gambela region, where unconsulted Nuer and Anuak peoples are suffering from forest clearance.
… decisions are driven by its development policy based on commercialisation of … under the country's special economic zones policy. India is followed closely by Saudi … this would lead to industrialisation. But the policy exposed the oldest contradiction of …
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” …
Multinational paper and palm oil companies are rushing to declare 'zero deforestation' policies. It looks like a huge victory for the rainforests and forest peoples, but Peter Gerhardt asks - what is a no-deforestation promise really worth?"
… companies now sport a "zero deforestation policy" . And many others are following ... … applauds its 'partner' company's new green policy while another NGO would never skip the … sustainability/vision-2020/forest-conservation-policy …
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 …
The World Bank is considering 'reforms' to its policies to protect indigenous peoples from the impacts of projects it finances that would devolve key decisions to national governments - such as whether an ethnic group is 'indigenous' at all. If passed by the Bank's Board, the changes would strip away a raft of essential human rights protections..
… The proposed changes , including an 'opt out' policy, could leave development decisions … way for urban development, the Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA), a Sri Lankan NGO, …