I suggested earlier this week that it would be wise to consider now what five policies the progressive parties should prioritise to prepare for an
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The Green New Deal should be Labour’s number one priority now
I did a quick totting up at about 7pm last evening of the preferences indicated by people commenting on my request for Labour policy priorities
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The Green New Deal: big enough to make a difference
Ben Wray is a freelance journalist based in Oñati, and produces a morning newsletter called Common A.M., which you can sign up to at CommonSpace.Scot/Newsletter.
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The EU’s sustainable financial reporting plans need to be bolder
The European Green Deal plan, published yesterday, included these comments: The private sector will be key to financing the green transition. Long-term signals are needed
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The European Green Deal, or is it?
The European Green Deal was launched yesterday. I am quite pleased they did not call it a Green New Deal, because it isn’t. Growth is
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The German Right would prefer a nice tidy balance sheet to saving the planet
The FT has noted that: Senior German politicians have warned Brussels against any attempt to loosen the EU’s budget rules in a bid to free
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There’s a lot of accounting to do before COP26
Mark Carney spoke at the Madrid COP25 climate conference yesterday. He matters on this issue now: he will be the effective head of the UN’s
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There are many reasons to fear a Johnson government and climate is high on the list
Three days to go to the election, and all Boris Johnson does is lie. It’s boring to point it out, again, but he did it
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Voting Anything But Conservative is a vote for the Green New Deal
Friends of the Earth have announced that Labour has the strongest green manifesto in this election, but only after securing extra-manifesto commitments from them. The
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