Green Alliance

'Particularly alarming': National Parks losing out on government farming funding, analysis warns

Biodiversity

'Particularly alarming': National Parks losing out on government farming funding, analysis warns

Government urged to reform farming subsidy scheme to better protect upland areas through upcoming Land Use Framework

clock 30 January 2025 • 3 min read
'Collision course': Can airport expansion be made compatible with climate targets?

Aviation

'Collision course': Can airport expansion be made compatible with climate targets?

New analysis suggests airport expansion plans risk maxing out the UK's Carbon Budgets, as Ed Miliband reiterates any new runways would have to operate within UK climate goals

clock 28 January 2025 • 7 min read
Rachel Reeves had a green growth plan - she should stick to it

Politics

Rachel Reeves had a green growth plan - she should stick to it

There are few quick fixes for driving UK growth, and the economic case for expanding Heathrow is very shaky, writes Green Alliance's Steve Coulter

clock 28 January 2025 • 5 min read
Report: Conservative government's circular economy efforts achieved 'virtually nothing'

Waste

Report: Conservative government's circular economy efforts achieved 'virtually nothing'

Green Alliance urges new Labour government to learn from past mistakes when delivering a new long-term strategy for waste, recycling, and resources

clock 18 November 2024 • 4 min read
'A voluntary approach hasn't been enough': Report argues food producers should be required to invest in the nature they profit from

Biodiversity

'A voluntary approach hasn't been enough': Report argues food producers should be required to invest in the nature they profit from

Green Alliance calls for fresh 'obligations and incentives' to encourage food companies to invest more in protecting and restoring natural capital

clock 08 November 2024 • 3 min read
Green Alliance and OEP seek intervention in crunch High Court case

Policy

Green Alliance and OEP seek intervention in crunch High Court case

Think tank and Office for Environmental Protection believe case on housing energy efficiency standards could set significant precedent around how much environmental factors should be considered in government policymaking

clock 15 October 2024 • 3 min read
Green groups warn UK's 'inadequate' climate adaptation plan poses public health risk

Policy

Green groups warn UK's 'inadequate' climate adaptation plan poses public health risk

Government urged by Green Alliance and Wellcome Trust to incorporate health risks into national climate adaptation plan

clock 07 October 2024 • 4 min read
'Job losses aren't inevitable': The case for 'fair and strategic' net zero transition planning

Policy

'Job losses aren't inevitable': The case for 'fair and strategic' net zero transition planning

Green Alliance criticises government's 'disappointing' Port Talbot deal and calls for more co-ordinated approach to supporting communities reliant on carbon intensive industries

clock 02 October 2024 • 7 min read
Green Alliance: Transport tax reform could raise £23bn by 2030

Taxation

Green Alliance: Transport tax reform could raise £23bn by 2030

Think tank claims green taxes could help Labour 'balance the books', but government insists there are 'no plans' for a shift towards road pricing

clock 19 September 2024 • 3 min read
Environment Minister touts plans for revamped Circular Economy Strategy

Policy

Environment Minister touts plans for revamped Circular Economy Strategy

Mary Creagh says government has begun appointing industry, academic, and civil society groups to new Circular Economy Taskforce to help design fresh policy regime for waste, recycling, and reuse in the UK

clock 13 September 2024 • 6 min read