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How to pay for a Green New Deal
How to pay for a Green New Deal 4th March, 2024 The Green New Deal Group has published a series of briefings outlining some responses to the question ‘How can we pay for a Green New Deal?’ The five two-page briefings cover personal and corporate taxes, regulating...
A Green New Deal must have racial justice at its heart
The Runnymede Trust’s Nannette Youssef on why a new Parliamentary inquiry is looking at the connections between racism and the climate crisis.
MPs call on government to invest in infrastructure and local Green New Deals
MPs call on government to invest in infrastructure and local Green New Deals13th November 2023The co-chairs of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Green New Deal have written to the Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, urging him to invest in a Green New Deal and reverse...
Cutting energy demand must be part of a Green New Deal
Cutting energy demand must be part of a Green New Deal by Livvy Hanks When you think of the transition to a green economy, probably the first thing that comes to mind is renewable energy. In 2022, 40% of the UK’s electricity came from renewable sources – up from 2.2%...
MPs call for a National Energy Guarantee and green home upgrades
MPs call for a National Energy Guarantee and green home upgrades Green New Deal Group member Clive Lewis MP is proposing an amendment to the Government’s Energy Bill which would replace the current energy pricing system with a National Energy Guarantee – a free or...
Embrace local solutions to meet UK net-zero targets, urge the APPG on the Green New Deal
The UK will need to embrace innovative, community-based solutions to environmental and energy problems if it is to have any hope of meeting looming net-zero deadlines, a cross-party group of MPs and peers has recommended.
We’re hiring! Green New Deal Group – Parliamentary co-ordinator
Based in the office of Caroline Lucas MP you will be working as part of her small team at Westminster to ensure the principles of the Green New Deal are retained and actively promoted; other MPs are actively involved in taking the concept forward; and to support the delivery of effective external communication to promote the Green New Deal. Find out more and apply for the role.
MPs demand ‘bold, visionary’ mini-Budget to tackle climate and cost of living crises
The government should urgently invest £11.7bn in rolling out home insulation measures over the next three years in order to tackle fuel poverty, cut emissions, and boost Britain’s energy security, a group of MPs have told the Chancellor ahead of his expected ‘mini-Budget’ announcement on Friday.
Prospects for 2022: Andrew Simms reads the economic runes
Each year the Financial Times polls a group of economic analysts on what they think the next year holds in store for the UK. Green New Deal Group member Andrew Simms took part in the survey, and argues that huge economic threats are balanced by equally large opportunities to solve multiple problems by investing in the economy’s low-carbon, rapid transition
When it comes to climate change, the public is way ahead of the government
Writing in the New Statesman Caroline Lucas MP argues that addressing the climate crisis requires specific, coherent plans backed by the necessary investment to deliver them. As she sets out, there is huge public backing for such a plan if the government chooses to act.
How to pay for a Green New Deal
How to pay for a Green New Deal 4th March, 2024 The Green New Deal Group has published a series of briefings outlining some responses to the question ‘How can we pay for a Green New Deal?’ The five two-page briefings cover personal and corporate taxes, regulating...
A Green New Deal must have racial justice at its heart
The Runnymede Trust’s Nannette Youssef on why a new Parliamentary inquiry is looking at the connections between racism and the climate crisis.
MPs call on government to invest in infrastructure and local Green New Deals
MPs call on government to invest in infrastructure and local Green New Deals13th November 2023The co-chairs of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Green New Deal have written to the Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, urging him to invest in a Green New Deal and reverse...
Cutting energy demand must be part of a Green New Deal
Cutting energy demand must be part of a Green New Deal by Livvy Hanks When you think of the transition to a green economy, probably the first thing that comes to mind is renewable energy. In 2022, 40% of the UK’s electricity came from renewable sources – up from 2.2%...
MPs call for a National Energy Guarantee and green home upgrades
MPs call for a National Energy Guarantee and green home upgrades Green New Deal Group member Clive Lewis MP is proposing an amendment to the Government’s Energy Bill which would replace the current energy pricing system with a National Energy Guarantee – a free or...
Embrace local solutions to meet UK net-zero targets, urge the APPG on the Green New Deal
The UK will need to embrace innovative, community-based solutions to environmental and energy problems if it is to have any hope of meeting looming net-zero deadlines, a cross-party group of MPs and peers has recommended.
We’re hiring! Green New Deal Group – Parliamentary co-ordinator
Based in the office of Caroline Lucas MP you will be working as part of her small team at Westminster to ensure the principles of the Green New Deal are retained and actively promoted; other MPs are actively involved in taking the concept forward; and to support the delivery of effective external communication to promote the Green New Deal. Find out more and apply for the role.
MPs demand ‘bold, visionary’ mini-Budget to tackle climate and cost of living crises
The government should urgently invest £11.7bn in rolling out home insulation measures over the next three years in order to tackle fuel poverty, cut emissions, and boost Britain’s energy security, a group of MPs have told the Chancellor ahead of his expected ‘mini-Budget’ announcement on Friday.
Prospects for 2022: Andrew Simms reads the economic runes
Each year the Financial Times polls a group of economic analysts on what they think the next year holds in store for the UK. Green New Deal Group member Andrew Simms took part in the survey, and argues that huge economic threats are balanced by equally large opportunities to solve multiple problems by investing in the economy’s low-carbon, rapid transition
When it comes to climate change, the public is way ahead of the government
Writing in the New Statesman Caroline Lucas MP argues that addressing the climate crisis requires specific, coherent plans backed by the necessary investment to deliver them. As she sets out, there is huge public backing for such a plan if the government chooses to act.