Monday 17 January 2022 Climate Change / Environment / Jim McMahon Jim McMahon comments on the Government’s climate change risk assessment Continue Reading
Monday 10 January 2022 Climate Change / Ed Miliband / Energy Broken promises don’t pay the bills: Labour slams Gove’s broken promise on energy VAT cut Continue Reading
Monday 15 November 2021 Climate Change / Environment / Keir Starmer Keir Starmer responds to the Prime Minister’s COP26 statement Continue Reading
Wednesday 10 November 2021 Climate Change / Ed Miliband / Environment Ed Miliband comments on the draft COP26 text Continue Reading
Tuesday 19 October 2021 Climate Change / Ed Miliband / Environment Full text of Ed Miliband statement in the House on the Government’s Net Zero strategy Continue Reading
Monday 18 October 2021 Climate Change / Ed Miliband Ed Miliband responds to the Government’s Heat and Buildings Strategy Continue Reading
Wednesday 13 October 2021 Climate Change / Ed Miliband Ed Miliband climate speech to Green Alliance event Continue Reading
Wednesday 13 October 2021 Climate Change / Ed Miliband Labour calls on government to mandate 1.5C-aligned transition plans for financial institutions and major companies to turbocharge the global shift to net zero and make the UK the green finance capital of the world ahead of COP26 Continue Reading
Tuesday 5 October 2021 Climate Change / Ed Miliband Ed Miliband comments on proposed target for UK electricity generation to be fossil fuel free by 2035 Continue Reading
Friday 17 September 2021 Climate Change / Ed Miliband Ed Miliband comments on UNFCCC’s NDC Synthesis report Continue Reading
Monday 9 August 2021 Climate Change / Environment / Keir Starmer Keir Starmer responds to IPCC report on climate change Continue Reading
Wednesday 4 August 2021 Climate Change / Keir Starmer 75,000 green jobs lost under the Conservatives as Labour calls for rapid green investment Continue Reading
Wednesday 30 June 2021 Bridget Phillipson / Climate Change / Economy Labour slams Chancellor’s Green bond announcement after revelations his own Net Zero Review will be further delayed Continue Reading
Thursday 22 April 2021 Climate Change / Matthew Pennycook Matthew Pennycook responding to the Climate Summit hosted by US President Joe Biden Continue Reading
Wednesday 24 March 2021 Business / Climate Change / Ed Miliband Ed Miliband calls for an electric vehicle revolution for every part of the country to boost car manufacturing industry and create jobs Continue Reading
Friday 26 February 2021 Climate Change / Matthew Pennycook Matthew Pennycook responds to the UNFCCC Synthesis Report Continue Reading
Wednesday 27 January 2021 Climate Change / Matthew Pennycook Labour welcomes US action to tackle climate change and urges Prime Minister to reverse decisions making a mockery of his government’s claim to climate leadership Continue Reading
Wednesday 9 December 2020 Climate Change / Matthew Pennycook Matthew Pennycook comments on publication of the Climate Change Committee’s recommendations for the UK’s sixth carbon budget Continue Reading
Wednesday 30 September 2020 Climate Change / Matthew Pennycook Government must lead the way in greening the global financial system by implementing mandatory climate-related disclosure, says Labour Continue Reading
Thursday 24 September 2020 Climate Change / Ed Miliband Boris Johnson’s words on climate action not matched by his deeds – Ed Miliband Continue Reading
Thursday 17 September 2020 Climate Change / Matthew Pennycook / Transport Labour calls on government to phase out sales of petrol, diesel and hybrid vehicles by 2030 Continue Reading
Thursday 10 September 2020 Climate Change Government’s warm words on climate change need to be matched by deeds – Ed Miliband Continue Reading
Thursday 10 September 2020 Climate Change / Ed Miliband Government’s warm words on climate change need to be matched by deeds – Ed Miliband Continue Reading
Monday 7 September 2020 Climate Change / Matthew Pennycook Matthew Pennycook responds to Institute for Government report on Government’s approach to achieving net zero emissions Continue Reading
Monday 20 July 2020 Climate Change / Matthew Pennycook / Press Releases Labour has challenged the government to take urgent action to ensure the UK remains credible on climate change ahead of the COP26 UN climate summit in Glasgow next year. Continue Reading
Thursday 25 June 2020 Climate Change Stark reminder of gap between rhetoric and reality on achieving net zero emissions – Ed Miliband Continue Reading
Wednesday 27 May 2020 Climate Change / Ed Miliband Green recovery is essential for jobs and tackling climate crisis – Ed Miliband Continue Reading
Tuesday 28 April 2020 Climate Change / Matthew Pennycook Matthew Pennycook comment on the concluding day of the Petersberg Climate Dialogue XI Continue Reading
Wednesday 11 March 2020 Climate Change / Rebecca Long Bailey Budget ducks bold measures needed to tackle climate emergency – Long-Bailey Continue Reading
Monday 2 March 2020 Climate Change Dr Alan Whitehead responds to onshore windfarm news Continue Reading
Tuesday 4 February 2020 Climate Change / Rebecca Long Bailey Action now on climate crisis, not more long term targets – Rebecca Long-Bailey comments on the government climate change announcement Continue Reading
Thursday 21 November 2019 Climate Change / Jeremy Corbyn Labour announces tax on oil and gas companies to create a Just Transition Fund for a green economy Continue Reading
Thursday 21 November 2019 Climate Change / Economy / Jeremy Corbyn Labour to create one million green jobs to tackle climate change and reboot British industry Continue Reading
Friday 15 November 2019 Climate Change / Environment / Sue Hayman ‘Boris Johnson cannot greenwash his atrocious environmental record’ – Sue Hayman responds to the Conservatives’ tree planting pledge Continue Reading
Saturday 2 November 2019 Climate Change / John McDonnell Labour to go after the banks and hedge funds financing climate change Continue Reading
Friday 1 November 2019 Climate Change / Environment / Sue Hayman Boris Johnson has failed to meet parliament’s deadline to tackle the climate and environment emergency Continue Reading
Thursday 17 October 2019 Climate Change / Rebecca Long Bailey No one more ill-suited to this role – Rebecca Long Bailey responds to the creation of a climate change cabinet committee chaired by the Prime Minister Continue Reading
Thursday 19 September 2019 Climate Change / Jeremy Corbyn Jeremy Corbyn to speak at Youth Climate Strike Continue Reading
Saturday 24 August 2019 Barry Gardiner / Climate Change Post-Brexit trade deal with Brazil must not destroy the Amazon Continue Reading
Friday 23 August 2019 Barry Gardiner / Climate Change / Trade Tories cosy up to Bolsonaro as Amazon burns – Barry Gardiner responds Continue Reading
Friday 9 August 2019 Climate Change Danielle Rowley responds to that Glasgow will host COP 26 if it takes place in the UK Continue Reading
Tuesday 30 July 2019 Climate Change Accepting fossil fuel donations exposes Jo Swinson’s rank hypocrisy – Danielle Rowley Continue Reading
Friday 26 July 2019 Climate Change / Energy / Jeremy Corbyn Labour announces multi billion pound investment in Mersey Tidal Power Project to reverse years of decline in the North and tackle the climate emergency Continue Reading
Wednesday 17 July 2019 Climate Change / Environment / Jeremy Corbyn Government set to miss climate targets by 50 years – Corbyn Continue Reading
Tuesday 16 July 2019 Climate Change Labour to channel multilateral climate finance through UN Green Climate Fund Continue Reading
Wednesday 10 July 2019 Climate Change / Rebecca Long Bailey CCC criticizes ramshackle climate change prep – Rebecca Long Bailey responds Continue Reading
Thursday 4 July 2019 Climate Change / Jeremy Corbyn Corbyn visits Labour council that declared climate emergency to call on other communities to take urgent action Continue Reading
Wednesday 26 June 2019 Climate Change Danielle Rowley responds to the launch of the Voluntary National Review Continue Reading
Thursday 6 June 2019 Climate Change / John McDonnell Philip Hammond in denial about climate emergency Continue Reading
Wednesday 5 June 2019 Climate Change / Rebecca Long Bailey Labour challenge Tory climate change denial at PMQs Continue Reading