The Green New Deal Group, of which I am a member, is actively supporting the launch of a Global Green New Deal today. As the
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Sunak’s green bonds are a step forward, but one with many caveats attached
Rushi Sunak has announced that National Savings & Investments (NS&I) will issue a £15 billion bond to fund green projects this autumn. I have been
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The government is going for green bonds – but by the look of it, the wrong green bonds
This story was in The Times yesterday: The essence of the story is that £15 billion of government backed bonds are to be made available,
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Cash saving makes sense, but let’s put the cash to use in the Green New Deal in that case
I was intrigued to note the data on ISA savings that has recently been issued by the government. This chart might summarise the trend in
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The Green New Deal for the UK’s housing stock could create 500,000 new jobs, and is deliverable. What is more, paying for it is easy.
Colin Hines and I have been calling for a retrofit green insulation and generation programme for the 28 million houses in the UK for longer
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As temperature change is set to reach 1.5C business cannot wait to change. It’s now net-zero or we’re in deep trouble.
Some people will have noticed the furious opposition that sustainable cost accounting gets on this site any time that I mention it. As a recent
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A green recovery bond will enable the government to fund its climate pledges
I am a co-author of this letter in The Guardian today: Caroline Lucas MP, Clive Lewis MP, Colin Hines and Richard Murphy call on Rishi Sunak to unveil
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Green Recovery Bonds: Funding green homes for all
I repost his from the website of the Green New Deal Group, where it was published this morning: Bringing skills and jobs to all parts
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Let’s turn our work, our communities, our finances, our government, our taxes, to common purpose
I have suggested that Labour needs a narrative. It does. Let me offer one to Labour, the Greens, the SNP, Plaid and anyone who wants
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