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The green new deal

Around the world governments are intervening in the economy in ways that would have once seemed unimaginable. This blog thread explores the responses to the pandemic emerging around the world, and the policy proposals and practical approaches that might see us emerge, re-set and equipped to respond to the interlinked crises in climate, nature and inequality.

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The challenge we are currently facing is unprecedented in its scale, nature and impact. Around the world governments are intervening in the economy in ways that would have once seemed unimaginable. This blog explores the responses to the pandemic emerging around the world, and explores the policy proposals and approaches that might see us emerge, re-set and equipped to respond to the crises in climate, nature and inequality

Green QE can apply to the Bank of England too

Caroline Lucas MP, a member of the Green New Deal Group, had this letter published in the Financial Times on 13 March 2019: Green QE can apply to the Bank of England too From Caroline Lucas MP, House of Commons, UK Your editorial’s call for the EU’s European...

A Green New Deal would put jobs first

This letter was published in the Financial Times on 5 February 2019: A Green New Deal would put jobs first Robert Hockett is correct that it is better to spend a large amount on a Green New Deal sooner rather than a crippling amount later as the damage caused by...

The left must be bold and back a green new deal

Larry Elliott had an article under the above title in the Guardian on 31 January 2019. As he noted: Full disclosure here: I was a founder member of the UK Green New Deal Group in 2007 and have been banging on about the idea – with almost zero impact – ever since....

Let’s make 2019 the year of a green new deal

From The Guardian on 4 January 2019: Let’s make 2019 the year of a green new deal Richard Murphy and Colin Hines suggest a number of ways that revenue could be raised to fund energy efficiency in all buildings, renewables and local transport systems The counter to...

The world really has no other choice but the Green New Deal

This letter was in the Guardian on 7 December 2018: Your editorial’s revelation (6 December) that the 2014-16 carbon reductions were the result of an economic slowdown that helped fuel the rise of populism appears daunting for future climate-change initiatives....