by Caroline Lucas | Jun 15, 2020 | Media, Other coverage, Resilient response
In a letter to the Guardian, Caroline Lucas MP and Professor Richard Murphy set out the case for a post-coronavirus recovery with a Green New Deal at its heart: Your editorial (9 June) rightly calls for the post-coronavirus economy to be rebuilt in a fairer,...
by Larry Elliott | May 28, 2020 | General, Media, Other coverage, Resilient response, The Green New Deal
Writing in the Guardian, the papers economics editor and a founding member of the Green New Deal group, Larry Elliott explores the opportunities that were missed in 2008 when the group first explored a transformative Green New Deal, what has changed since then and...
by Colin Hines | May 10, 2020 | Media, Other coverage, Resilient response, The Green New Deal
In a letter to the Guardian, Colin Hines makes the case for an ambitious Green New Deal for the UK, to rebuild the economy after coronavirus and tackle the interlinked social and climate crises: Oxford University’s call for a green stimulus for the economy and Polly...
by Andrew Simms | Apr 3, 2020 | General, Media, Other coverage, Resilient response, The Green New Deal
A brewer of ‘craft’ beer starts making sanitising hand gel and a car manufacturer converts one of its factories so it can make medical face masks. Just two of the many global examples of how different industries are responding to the health crisis and economic shock...
by Colin Hines | Mar 24, 2020 | General, Media, Other coverage, The Green New Deal
In a letter to the Guardian, Green New Deal group member Colin Hines makes the case for “green QE” to fund a global green new deal that can transform the health of the planet and build a very different economy for a post-coronavirus world: Larry Elliott...
by Andrew Simms | Mar 19, 2020 | Resilient response, Step Change
Writing for the New Weather Institute Lindsay Mackie and Green New Deal Group member Andrew Simms explore how crises reveal fundamental flaws in underlying political and economic models and call for a new approach: It looks like it’s going to be a national emergency,...
by Richard Murphy | Mar 18, 2020 | Step Change
Writing for his Tax Research blog, Green New Deal member Richard Murphy sets out a plan for the economic crisis triggered by coronavirus: It is possible for the UK to survive the economic crisis caused by coronavirus. However, that requires a plan and right now the...
by Colin Hines | Mar 13, 2020 | General, Step Change
Writing for Brave New Europe, Green New Deal Group member Colin Hines makes the case for medium term efforts to tackle coronavirus to act as a ‘green bridge’ for tackling climate change. One thing rarely mentioned in the wall to wall coverage of the...
by GND Admin | Mar 4, 2020 | Media, Other coverage, Press releases
A cross-party letter, initiated Green New Deal Group members Caroline Lucas MP and Clive Lewis MP, calls on the Chancellor to use next week’s budget to show real leadership on climate. The letter, signed by MPs and peers from the Green Party, Labour Party, Liberal...
by GND Admin | Mar 4, 2020 | Reports and briefings
A Green New Deal Group briefing, The Green New Deal: Securing the Future, was sent to the Chancellor ahead of the March 2020 budget, with a letter signed by MPs from all the main opposition parties. As the briefing, written by Green New Deal Group member Richard...