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Our recommended reads of the year

In case you’re stuck for some last minute ideas for reading matter this holiday (once you’ve finished the latest GCHQ puzzle book of course) we’ve had a recommendation whip round
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I want the West Midlands to be the heart of a new clean industrial revolution

This post is by West Midlands’ Mayor, Andy Street. It is taken from a speech he made to Green Alliance’s recent Tech Task Force workshop in Birmingham on future mobility.
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How global cities working together could become a major force for climate action

This week, world leaders meeting at the COP in Katowice are under pressure to act on the IPCC’s recent warning that to limit global warming to 1.5°C requires “rapid and
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Do people really understand the Climate Change Act and what it means?

It was great to celebrate the birthday of the Climate Change Act last week, much admired and copied round the world since its inception ten years ago. The UK climate
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Why aren’t MPs feeling the pressure to act on climate change?

This post is written by Gwen Buck, policy adviser at Green Alliance. Ten years ago something happened in parliament that needs to be celebrated. Something that showed the UK as
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What does the Withdrawal Agreement say about the environment?

This post is by Stephen Hinchley, principal policy officer, external affairs, RSPB. On Wednesday 14 November, after almost two years of negotiations and a marathon five hour cabinet meeting, the
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The people have spoken: they want products that last and recyclable packaging

Environmentalists have long grappled with problems of ‘climate fatigue’ and the paralysis that can result from the threat of impending disaster, especially if that disaster is approaching slowly, “like a
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