by Andrew Simms | Jan 17, 2020 | Media, Other coverage
Across the world, national and local governments are declaring a climate emergency on the back of dire warnings from UN scientists about the need for urgent and far-reaching action. As of November 2019, 1,191 jurisdictions in 24 countries representing over 290 million...
by admin | Dec 19, 2019 | General
Writing in the Guardian, journalist Zoe Williams reviews Green New Deal Group member Ann Pettifor’s, The Case for the Green New Deal “Like many political neologisms, “Green New Deal” became de rigueur so fast that it had multiple variations, passionate...
by Colin Hines | Dec 18, 2019 | Other coverage
The environment movement needs to learn two lessons from the UK election result of December 2019. First, that despite all the coverage of climate events and growing public clamour for something drastic to be done about it, 12 December was definitely not a ‘climate...
by admin | Dec 4, 2019 | General, Reports and briefings
How to Pay for the Green New Deal Debate in the 2019 election campaign in the UK has focussed on whether spending plans proposed by political parties are affordable. This, the Group argues, is to fundamentally misunderstand the way that government investment works....
by Ruth Potts | Nov 11, 2019 | General, Reports and briefings
This election must deliver a Green New Deal. The challenge is clear. We need a plan ambitious enough to tackle climate breakdown at the scale and speed set out by science. We need a plan to create a fair society that works for everyone and involves us all. This...
by Caroline Lucas | Oct 22, 2019 | General, Media
Writing in a new collection of essays published by IPPR and WWF, Green New Deal member Caroline Lucas, writing with Ed Miliband and Laura Sandys, makes the case for the need for a clear vision at the heart of the Green New Deal. With climate emergencies declared...
by Colin Hines | Oct 8, 2019 | General, Media
Support has been surging on both sides of the Atlantic for the idea of a Green New Deal. Time to turn it into action, and jobs, on the ground. The huge increase in support for a Green New Deal in Europe and the United States has led many groups, old and new,...
by Ann Pettifor | Oct 3, 2019 | General, History, Media
Journalist Hettie O’Brien, interviewed Green New Deal Group member Ann Pettifor on the history and trajectory of the Green New Deal for The New Statesman. The Staggers, 24 September 2019 Eleven years ago, a group of economists and green thinkers sketched a...
by Caroline Lucas | Sep 20, 2019 | General, Media, Other coverage
Writing in the Guardian, on Friday 20th September, Green MP, Caroline Lucas, explains the Green New Deal Bill, the first attempt to legislate for the Green New Deal in the UK, tabled by Caroline and the Labour MP, Clive Lewis. Caroline Lucas MP, speaking at the Youth...
by Ruth Potts | Sep 20, 2019 | Reports and briefings
The Green New Deal: A bill to make it happen, a new report published to coincide with the publication of the draft Green New Deal Bill by Caroline Lucas and Clive Lewis MP explains how the Green New Deal would be financed and the changes it would make to almost every...
