I am a signatory to this statement, published yesterday in The Ecologist. I also had involvement in its drafting, although I am not an author.
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The government’s response to the climate crisis is to spend a little spare cash on cycling and walking and to set up a working party
This written answer has just been published by the House of Commons: Asked by Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion) Asked on: 20 May 2020 Department for Business,
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Mark Carney’s plan for climate change financial disclosure ignores most emissions a company creates and that makes it unfit for use
There is an article by the likes of Andrew Bailey, current Governor of the Bank of England, and Mark Carney, his predecessor in The Guardian
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The costs of economic growth
I was giving a talk (on zoom, of course) on the Green New Deal last night and was discussing just how long I have been
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Greening the economy is not a peripheral project: it may be the biggest economic project we’ve ever tackled
I worry that the scale of the green stimulus that our economy requires is misunderstood. Business Green has reported that: [A new report from WWF]
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The need for a resilient economy
The Common Weal think tank in Scotland is, in my opinion, the most progressive organisation working on economy ic transformation in the UK right now.
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200 companies have committed to net-zero carbon and said they want a Geen New Deal. Anyone up for seeing if they will commit to sustainable cost accounting as well?
When I suggested that sustainable cost accounting should be required to track the progress of companies towards achieving the target of net-zero carbon emissions I
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If now isn’t the time for a Green New deal, why not?
Larry Elliott wrote a piece on the Green New Deal in the Guardian on Thursday, when I missed it, so I will make up for
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£30 billion would be a useful start for the climate transition that we need, but we will need very much more
I have long argued for a Green New Deal. So, of course, I welcome this news in The Guardian yesterday: The UK needs to invest
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