Green New Deal

'Green New Deal': MPs urged to tackle climate and cost of living crises

Policy

'Green New Deal': MPs urged to tackle climate and cost of living crises

Group of young environmental campaigners stage mass lobby of Parliament as part of campaign for a 'Green New Deal'

clock 04 December 2024 • 3 min read
Green New Deal: MPs urge government to devolve power to deliver net zero

Investment

Green New Deal: MPs urge government to devolve power to deliver net zero

Report from MPs and peers argues that unless government devolves significant powers and cash to a local level, national climate targets will not be met

clock 28 February 2023 • 8 min read
'Climate must be at the heart of everything': Can Keir Starmer reboot Labour's green agenda?

Politics

'Climate must be at the heart of everything': Can Keir Starmer reboot Labour's green agenda?

Labour leader slams government's record on green jobs and preparations for COP26, as he calls for £30bn green investment

clock 05 August 2021 • 9 min read

Politics

'Moonshot moment': UK MPs join Global Alliance for a Green New Deal

Labour MP Clive Lewis and Caroline Lucas of the Green Party join lawmakers from US, Brazil, EU and Costa Rica in new global climate justice campaign

clock 19 July 2021 • 3 min read

Policy

'The European Green Deal is our growth strategy': EU unveils sweeping 'Fit for 55' strategy

Brussels launches major package of accelerated decarbonisation measures, including tax reforms, new clean energy targets, and carbon border tariffs

clock 14 July 2021 • 7 min read

Policy

Caring for the planet and for people: Why a Feminist Green New Deal is urgent

Social, racial and gender-based justice must be at the heart of environmental planning, argue Maeve Cohen and Anna Johnston from Women's Budget Group

clock 05 May 2021 • 4 min read

Energy

DNV: Current climate policies inadequate to solve emissions crisis

Norwegian environmental auditing giant DNV argues more radical climate action is needed across five key strategic areas in a new report published today

clock 30 November 2020 • 4 min read

Infrastructure

Mayor of London ploughs £10m into 'Green New Deal' projects

The funding will focus on tackling building and transport emissions and supporting new green businesses, according to City Hall

clock 19 November 2020 • 3 min read

Policy

More than 150 business leaders urge EU to step up 2030 emissions target

Call to adopt targets proposed in last year's Green New Deal plan made in an open letter signed by the more than 150 business leaders

clock 14 September 2020 • 3 min read

Energy

Will the 2020s be 'the decade of hydrogen'?

Influential analysts predict green hydrogen costs are set to fall by almost two-thirds by 2040, while grey hydrogen prices are set to rise by more than 80 per cent

clock 26 August 2020 • 5 min read