Climate change
Our continuing reliance on fossil fuels places an unsustainable and dangerous burden on our environment, as well as aggravating international tensions and jeopardising progress towards social justice. We should continue to advance international action on climate change, playing a leading role in pressing for and delivering international agreement.
Latest articles on Climate change
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Co-operative London: green ideas to help Labour win (5 Aug 2011)
As part of our consultation on policy ideas for the 2012 London elections, Melanie Smallman of SERA – the Labour Environment Campaign sets out the environmental challenge and how green ideas can be part of a winning Labour offer. In these harsh economic times, ethical issues – like our impact on the environment or on [...]
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Meg Hillier: Trust in the future – how Labour will tackle climate change (15 Jul 2011)
Meg Hillier MP, Shadow Energy & Climate Change Secretary and Chair of the Co-operative Parliamentary Group, gave a speech to BusinessGreen tonight. In her speech, Meg outlined Labour’s commitment to a green economy and green jobs, reducing energy dependence and helping people with rising energy prices. She advocated renewables especially on-shore wind and, above all, [...]
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The Climate Express and the Copenhagen summit highlight what’s still to be done to reduce emissions (17 Dec 2009)
The ‘Climate Express’ train travelled 9,000 miles and took over a month to journey between Kyoto and Copenhagen. The stunt was organised by the International Union of Railways (UIC), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the global conservation organisation WWF in order to highlight transport’s influence on climate change. Symbolic though it was, it [...]
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50,000 go on The Wave… (7 Dec 2009)
More than 50,000 people marched on Saturday on the ‘The Wave‘ march. Labour activists were out in force, with Ed Miliband also marching and listening to people’s views. You can have a look at some photos on the Facebook page for Ed’s Pledge. Share this:Email
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Co-operating against Climate Change (5 Dec 2009)
As world leaders meet to try and reach a deal in Copenhagen, Rob Marchant takes a look at co-operative approaches to tackling climate change. There was a time, not too long ago, when many thought that energy-saving co-operatives were the preserve of sandal-wearing do-gooders. But no longer: the worldwide spotlight which tackling climate change is [...]
