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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.
Introducing the Green New Deal bill – a ten year plan to mobilise every part of government
Today, Caroline Lucas MP, Clive Lewis MP, Zarah Sultana MP, Wera Hobhouse MP, Nadia Whittome MP, Claire Hanna MP, Debbie Abrahams MP and Stephen Farry MP tabled the Green New Deal bill. Read what Caroline Lucas MP said when she introduced the bill.
Cross party group of MPs retable the Green New Deal Bill
Today, a cross party group of MPs tabled the Green New Deal bill formally known as the Decarbonisation and Economic Strategy Bill. Green Party MP Caroline Lucas explains what it does.
Green New Deal: Is the UK heading for an environmental revolution?
With momentum gathering for a transformative Green New Deal, Green New Deal member Caroline Lucas spoke to the Big Issue’s Jim Bartholomew about the political prospects for a transformative Green New Deal.
Green Recovery Bonds: Funding green homes for all
Bringing skills and jobs to all parts of the UK could be achieved by a new proposal from the Green New Deal Group, which calls on the Chancellor Rishi Sunak to unveil a new, market leading ‘Green Recovery Bond’ ISA this summer.
Green stimulus plan could create 1.2m UK jobs in two years, says new research from Green New Deal UK
The Guardian report on new research from Green New Deal UK that shows that every job lost to Covid pandemic could be replaced in upcoming recovery years