Become a BusinessGreen member

Celebrities call on Boris Johnson to make 'tackling the climate emergency a top priority'

James Murray

James Murray

30 July 2019 • 3 min read

Ellie Goulding, Charles Dance, and Lucy Siegle among group writing to the new Prime Minister to call for immediate introduction of 10 year climate action plan

Calls on the new Prime Minister to deliver a credible net zero emission strategy have cranked up another notch today, after a group of celebrities wrote to Boris Johnson to urge him to make "tackling the...

To continue reading this article...

Join BusinessGreen

In just a few clicks you can start your free BusinessGreen Lite membership for 12 months, providing you access to:

Three complimentary articles per month covering the latest real-time news, analysis, and opinion from Europe’s leading source of information on the Green economy and business
Receive important and breaking news stories via our daily news alert
Our weekly newsletter with the best of the week’s green business news and analysis

Already a BusinessGreen member?

Previous Article

Centrica doubles down on plan to 'refocus' portfolio on cleaner technologies

Next Article

Miniature move: Hotel giant IHG kicks out mini plastic shampoo bottles

James Murray

Author spotlight

James Murray

View profile

More from James Murray

Local Election: Reform celebrates record gains, as fears grow for local climate action

Local Elections: Reform celebrates narrow by-election win, as Greens predict strong showing

More on Policy

Global Briefing: Work completed on Europe's first dedicated CO2 carrier ship

Policy

Global Briefing: Work completed on Europe's first dedicated CO2 carrier ship

Plus Kenya's new national climate plan, Equinor's row with the Trump administration over US wind farms, and all the top green business news from around the world this week

Michael Holder

Michael Holder

02 May 2025 • 6 min read

How Trump's tariffs could drive up deforestation to feed demand for soybean oil

Policy

How Trump's tariffs could drive up deforestation to feed demand for soybean oil

Hefty US tariff hikes on Indonesian and Malaysian palm oil imports could serve to drive up demand for more land-use intensive soybean oil production, reports Anthony Harwood

Anthony Harwood

02 May 2025 • 5 min read

CCC: UK climate resilience efforts are 'slow, stalled or heading in wrong direction'

Policy

CCC: UK climate resilience efforts are 'slow, stalled or heading in wrong direction'

Government slammed by Climate Change Committee for continued failure to prepare for the rapidly worsening and costly impacts of climate change

Michael Holder

Michael Holder

30 April 2025 • 9 min read