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  • What does Brexit mean for Defra?

    The Brexit process has had a major impact on the way government is organised, and it has transformed one department, Defra. While much of this change has been beneficial, the

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  • It’s time to step up

    This post is by Dame Carolyn Fairbairn, director general at CBI. It is one of six essays taken from our publication Countdown to COP26. Public demand for action on climate

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  • Green jobs must be good jobs

    This post is by Tim Page, senior policy officer at TUC . It is one of six essays taken from our publication Countdown to COP26. The move to net zero

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  • We are a long way from where we need to be

    This post is by Jim Skea, professor of Sustainable Energy at Imperial College. It is one of six essays taken from our publication Countdown to COP26, Three decades after the

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  • A less is more approach will be better for hill farmers and the environment

    This post is by Tom Lancaster, head of land, seas and climate at the RSPB; Ellie Brodie, senior policy manager at The Wildlife Trusts; and Marcus Gilleard, senior policy programme

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  • One year to COP26: what is the plan?

    In Paris in 2015, the world pledged to keep global temperatures to well below two degrees, or to 1.5c if possible. But when it came to concrete plans, their actions

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What does Brexit mean for Defra?

5 December, 2019 Leave a comment

The Brexit process has had a major impact on the way government is organised, and it has transformed one department, Defra. While much of this

It’s time to step up

5 December, 2019 One comment

We are a long way from where we need to be

3 December, 2019 Leave a comment

Now is the time to take on the hard politics of the environment

28 November, 2019 Leave a comment

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Electric mobility should benefit the poorest in our society

12 November, 2019 One comment

I have been working in Victoria, London, for the past three years. The buildings, the corner shops and the pubs have roughly stayed the same

While leaders debate, community energy is tackling the climate emergency

27 September, 2019 Leave a comment

How to shift the UK from also ran to winner in the electric car race

17 September, 2019 2 comments

What’s the beef with beef?

20 August, 2019 3 comments

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We need schools to lead a values revolution

20 November, 2019 Leave a comment

This post is by Natasha Parker, Global Action Plan’s head of wellbeing and consumerism Young people are growing up in an unprecedented time of hyper-consumerism,

It’s a dereliction of duty for the UK not to participate in EU standards discussions

31 October, 2019 One comment

It looks like ecodesign is one area where the UK will be keeping up with Europe

18 September, 2019 Leave a comment

We know throwaway culture is bad – so why is the market for bottled water growing?

16 August, 2019 One comment

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A less is more approach will be better for hill farmers and the environment

19 November, 2019 Leave a comment

This post is by Tom Lancaster, head of land, seas and climate at the RSPB; Ellie Brodie, senior policy manager at The Wildlife Trusts; and

Is this our Silent Spring moment?

13 November, 2019 Leave a comment

The State of Nature has shown us the problem, now we need legal action

7 October, 2019 Leave a comment

The government isn’t putting its money where its mouth is on the environment

16 September, 2019 One comment

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Green jobs must be good jobs

4 December, 2019 Leave a comment

This post is by Tim Page, senior policy officer at TUC . It is one of six essays taken from our publication Countdown to COP26.

From ambition to action: why new policy will be vital for green innovation

26 November, 2019 Leave a comment

Why are local councils’ green building ambitions being held back?

7 November, 2019 Leave a comment

Six insights on accelerating innovation to reach net zero

6 November, 2019 One comment
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