Out of the mouths of babes: Greta Thunberg and being ‘naïve’ on climate
This post is by Green Alliance associate Dr Rebecca Willis. It first appeared on her blog.
I can’t stop thinking about sixteen year old Greta Thunberg, speaking with quiet determination to rooms full of powerful people in Davos.
I think that Thunberg has an incredible gift. She summarises, with simplicity and eloquence, what climate scientists have been telling us for a long time: that climate change threatens our future on this planet; and that drastic cuts to emissions are needed, starting now. Read more
This post is by Dr Ben Caldecott, director of the Oxford Sustainable Finance Programme at the University of Oxford and a trustee of Green Alliance. 
With parliament apparently unable to agree how to leave the EU, a second referendum and a decision to stay in the EU becomes a serious possibility. Most environmentalists I know were strongly pro-remain in 2016. They know how important the EU has been in raising environmental standards and pushing action on climate change. 
This post is written by Martin Harper, global conservation director at RSPB. It was first posted on 
Yesterday, the government published 
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 community deserves a moment of satisfaction that we brought about, and have sustained for a decade, a brilliant piece of legislation. 
Ten years ago something happened in parliament that needs to be celebrated. Something that showed the UK as truly innovative and a global leader. 
This post is by Hywel Lloyd, Green Alliance associate and author of 
On Wednesday 14 November, after almost two years of negotiations and a marathon five hour cabinet meeting, the government 
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