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Tag: climate
As the planet burns, now is not the time for Starmer to ditch eco-pledges
"The planet is burning and the deadlines are approaching. Young people are desperate for proposals that will take climate change seriously and defend the ecosystems of the planet."
The climate and economic struggles are inseparable: The rich must pay
"With Sunak preparing to ditch or dilute the Tories’ previous climate commitments, we need to be clear: the key issue isn’t whether we should take urgent climate action but who pays.
Climate mitigation and climate adaptation –a study in UK Government failure
The Climate Change Committee's annual report shows that the Government is dangerously under-performing and is not expecting the UK to reach it's climate goals.
Long hot Summer, Autumn and Winter – Greener Jobs Alliance
With the hottest June ever and daily temperature records broken three times in the first week of July, the writing is on the wall. We need a bold agenda for change - Greener Jobs Alliance.
Let’s get out from under the carbon military boot print
"At the moment, the carbon boot print of the US military alone is the same as that of the entire nation of France. This is incompatible with stopping climate breakdown."
Our lives are at stake – what more reason for trade unions to support the ‘Big One’?
If we are to have an “honest dialogue” between the labour and climate movement, we need to see ourselves as one. This means ensuring we join these spaces as much as climate activists are now giving support to trade unions on the picket lines. By Sam Mason When Extinction Rebellion announced at the end of…
Why should you get to the ‘Big One’ climate demo – Morgan Trowland, Just Stop Oil activist
"With every extra year that we take to stop burning fossil fuels in the UK, we drive more families like Amaleh’s & Abaleh’s towards starvation – families who burn no fossil fuels but the odd cooking gas cylinder or occasional bus ride into town."
The climate crisis is escalating, our movement must unify and act now – Greener Jobs Alliance
"With the climate crisis so severe, there is no prospect of a return to any kind of normal" - Paul Atkins, writes on the need for movements or resistance to come together in the call for transformative change.
UN Biodiversity Conference offers a lifeline for nature, now all progressives should take up the struggle
Not a single previous global biodiversity target has been met in the last 10 years. Now, nature restoration must join the front line of our class struggle.