Inside track - Green Alliance's blog on environmental policy and politics
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Green Alliance is a think tank working to ensure UK political leaders deliver ambitious solutions to global environmental issues. Our three core aims are: To make the environment a central political issue; To integrate the environment into public policy and decision making; To stimulate new thinking and advance the environmental agenda into new areas.
Inside track - Green Alliance's blog on environmental policy and politics
2d ago
The textile industry’s environmental impact is far out of proportion to its size. Globally, textiles are responsible for five to ten per cent of emissions and a staggering 20 per cent of industrial water pollution. The industry is grappling with alarming levels of waste: 73 ..read more
Inside track - Green Alliance's blog on environmental policy and politics
1w ago
This post is by James Beard, a senior associate at the European Climate Foundation. Greetings from the 10:52 from Stuttgart to Paris. I have decent leg room, a charge point, good Wi-Fi, lovely views. I’m heading home to London from Budapest, where I’ve been meeting ..read more
Inside track - Green Alliance's blog on environmental policy and politics
1w ago
Nature and our wellbeing go hand in hand. There is a large and growing body of evidence that, in societies like the UK, spending time in nature improves people’s health. In 2021, leading economist Partha Dasgupta wrote in a Treasury-commissioned review that “we are embedded ..read more
Inside track - Green Alliance's blog on environmental policy and politics
2w ago
This is an Inside Track long read by Shaun Spiers, executive director of Green Alliance Carbon Brief is an invaluable digest of climate news. Its daily emails in the four working days last week included the following stories (I could have highlighted many more). An ..read more
Inside track - Green Alliance's blog on environmental policy and politics
3w ago
This post is by Sue Riddlestone OBE, CEO of Bioregional. Leading experts in sustainable housebuilding have sent a clear message to the government – the Future Homes Standard will not deliver the energy efficient homes that we need. As the consultation on the proposed Future ..read more
Inside track - Green Alliance's blog on environmental policy and politics
1M ago
This article, written by Sophie O’Connell, policy adviser, was first published in National Health Executive magazine. Siloed working in the third sector and the government is getting in the way of effective action on climate and health. Experts in the environment sector could be accused ..read more
Inside track - Green Alliance's blog on environmental policy and politics
1M ago
This is an extract from the keynote speech given by RT Hon Ed Miliband MP, shadow secretary of state for energy security and net zero, at the launch of the latest update of Green Alliance’s Net zero policy tracker on 19 March 2024. Today I ..read more
Inside track - Green Alliance's blog on environmental policy and politics
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This post is by Fiona Dear, co-director of The Restart Project. The UK is currently the world’s second top producer of electrical waste per person and is widely expected to take the top spot this year. That fact tends to surprise people, but more surprising ..read more
Inside track - Green Alliance's blog on environmental policy and politics
1M ago
This post is by Shirley Rodrigues, London’s deputy mayor for environment and energy. Nearly eight years ago, as the mayoral candidate, Sadiq Khan made a promise to be the greenest mayor London has ever had. He was responding to a manifesto for a greener London ..read more
Inside track - Green Alliance's blog on environmental policy and politics
1M ago
Today is International Women’s Day. A day marked around the world, celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. Last week, the House of Commons debated ‘International Women’s Day: language in politics’, a particularly pertinent issue in mainstream media and politics of late ..read more