Labour’s plans for border and economic security aren’t sustainable unless it takes the threat of climate change seriously

With a massive public mandate for change, Keir Starmer’s Labour party should adopt three key principles that acknowledge the global gravity of our approaching climate disaster.

Kate Seymour, Lecturer in Sustainability, Manchester Metropolitan University • conversation
July 8, 2024 • ~8 min

Will Labour’s Great British Energy company lower household bills?

Not without a bolder commitment to public ownership.

Vera Weghmann, Research Fellow in Public Services, University of Greenwich • conversation
June 24, 2024 • ~8 min

To tackle climate change Labour must rebuild the planning system – not ‘bulldoze’ it

Public goods like clean air and a stable climate demand more democratic planning, not less.

Gareth Fearn, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, University of Manchester • conversation
April 25, 2024 • ~8 min

The Conservatives have seized on cars as a political wedge – it's a bet on public turning against climate action

Today, as in the past, pro-car sentiment is a backlash against nascent environmental protest.

Matthew Paterson, Professor of International Politics, University of Manchester • conversation
Sept. 5, 2023 • ~6 min

Rishi Sunak’s green backtracking contrasts strongly with previous prime ministers’ efforts

Past prime ministers could afford to talk big on climate change – but now the impact of the environmental crisis is manifestly real, Sunak can’t afford to appease those who oppose green policies.

Marc Hudson, Visiting Fellow, Science Policy, University of Sussex • conversation
Aug. 3, 2023 • ~7 min

The green gig economy: precarious workers are on the frontline of climate change fight

During California's deadliest wildfire season, 2,000 prison inmates fought the flames on USD$1 a day.

Benjamin Neimark, Senior Lecturer, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University • conversation
April 21, 2020 • ~6 min

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