Green New Deal: Is the UK heading for an environmental revolution?

by GND Admin | Aug 5, 2021 | General, Media

Green New Deal: Is the UK heading for an environmental revolution? The Big Issue’s Jem Bartholomew speaks to Caroline Lucas and others about the political prospects for a transformative Green New Deal. The possibility of a Green New Deal in the UK is making...

Green Recovery Bonds: Funding green homes for all

by Colin Hines | May 12, 2021 | Media, Press releases

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...

Green stimulus plan could create 1.2m UK jobs in two years, says new research from Green New Deal UK

by GND Admin | Apr 20, 2021 | General, Media, Other coverage

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 “A stimulus programme focused on green and digital infrastructure, research and development, energy and care...

The need and opportunity for green recovery & why we need ecological interest rates

by Andrew Simms | Mar 3, 2021 | General

Green New Deal Group member Andrew Simms makes the case for an ecological interest rate to bring the economy back into harmony with the biosphere. The case for an Ecological Interest Rate is published by the New Weather Institute, Prime Economics and the Rapid...

It would seem that Green Bonds are in vogue – but we have to get them right

by Richard Murphy | Feb 28, 2021 | General

Writing ahead of the Spring budget, Green New Deal Group member Richard Murphy explores what needs to happen to ensure that Green bonds contribute to a Green New Deal. According to the Sunday Times this is going to happen in the budget: I suspect that the figures are...