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People in the UK want bold climate action – why aren’t politicians listening? | Carys Roberts
Across the country, citizens’ juries have shown strong support for ambitious green policies that improve lives
The fight against climate change is often presented as a binary decision between a costly but sustainable future or missing environmental targets while protecting people’s jobs. Not only is this framing environmentally dangerous, it’s politically unnecessary. There is strong support for ambitious government policy to tackle the climate crisis, and optimism about the positive benefits of doing so, as long as the measures taken are fair.
The IPPR Environmental Justice Commission, which publishes its final blueprint for a fair transition today, has seen this first-hand from hundreds of hours of conversations with citizens across the UK. Over the past 18 months, we have convened “citizens’ juries”, where people from different areas are randomly invited to take part in a series of events, to hear from experts and discuss and propose their own ideas. We spoke with people from all walks of life and different viewpoints in Aberdeenshire, Tees Valley and County Durham, Thurrock and south Wales. In each place, we asked these jurors what a fair transition would look like to them.
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Committee rejects Steggall’s climate bills, but rebel Liberals call for net zero by 2050
Government controlled committee rejects Zali Steggall's proposed climate bills, but two Liberals call for net zero 2050 target.
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‘Fossil fuel friends’: Saudi Arabia and Bahrain back Australia’s lobbying on Great Barrier Reef
Exclusive: oil rich nations back push against Unesco recommendation to have reef placed on world heritage ‘in danger’ list
Australia has gained the support of oil-rich Saudi Arabia and Bahrain in its lobbying effort to keep the Great Barrier Reef off a list of world heritage sites in danger.
The two nations, both members of the 21-country committee, are co-sponsoring amendments seen by the Guardian that back Australia and ask the world heritage committee to push back a key decision until at least 2023.
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UK public should get ‘people’s dividend’ in drive to hit green targets
Landmark report proposes free public transport, more green spaces and cash for home improvements
The British public should be given a “people’s dividend” worth billions of pounds as part of the national drive to hit targets for net zero carbon emissions and the restoration of nature, according to the most detailed blueprint to date for a green transition.
Free public transport, more green spaces and money for improving homes are at the core of a landmark report that proposes one of the greatest advances in the fairness agenda since the creation of the NHS.
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Passengers face ‘near impossible’ choice between low prices and climate-friendly travel, says Which?
Train fares on popular UK routes are 50% more expensive than plane fares despite rail journeys causing 80% lower carbon dioxide emissions, according to analysis by the consumer group Which?.
It said passengers face a “near impossible” choice between low ticket prices and climate-friendly travel. More people are taking holidays in the UK due to coronavirus and airlines have launched dozens of new domestic routes.
Continue reading...WA to update grid transition plan as rooftop solar heads to half of homes
WA to update its grid transition plan as rooftop solar becomes an even more dominant player in the market.
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Storage company 1414 Degrees names oil and gas executive as new CEO
1414 Degrees appoints long time oil and gas executive as its new CEO.
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Taylor appoints another fossil fuel executive to a key clean energy body
Angus Taylor installs yet another fossil fuel executive to the board of a key government body - this time it's the Clean Energy Regulator.
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Wind and solar projects warned of “material” constraints in Victoria, NSW
AEMO has again warned of "material" constraints and delays to wind and solar projects due to lack of capacity in key part of grid.
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Carry on flying, says government green plan
Ban on polluting lorries pledged in Tories’ transport greenprint
Delayed decarbonisation plan for achieving net zero emissions for transport by 2050 is published
New diesel and petrol lorries will be banned in Britain by 2040, under a “greenprint” to decarbonise all types of transport by 2050.
The British government’s long-awaited transport decarbonisation plan, finally published on 15 July, will include what is being billed as a “world-leading pledge” to end the sale of all new polluting vehicles and move towards net zero domestic aviation emissions by 2040.
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Headphones, saw blades, coat hangers: how human trash in Australian bird nests changed over 195 years
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Pakistan detains five Chinese trawlers for alleged illegal fishing
Vessels laden with fish claim to have sheltered from storm, but Gwadar fishers want catch auctioned locally
Pakistan has detained five Chinese trawlers on suspicion of illegal fishing near its strategic port city of Gwadar, as a wave of protests swept across the region led by fishers concerned about losing control of their fishing grounds to China.
The Chinese trawlers, loaded with fish, were taken into custody by the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA), which has begun an investigation into their suspicious presence in Gwadar, where China has built a deep-sea port as part of its global belt and road initiative.
Continue reading...Australia to fly ambassadors to Great Barrier Reef ahead of ‘in danger’ list vote
Representatives from nine voting nations among guests on snorkelling trip as Morrison government lobbies against Unesco recommendation
Ambassadors from more than a dozen countries will be flown to the Great Barrier Reef for a snorkelling trip on Thursday as part of the Morrison government’s lobbying campaign to keep the ocean jewel off the world heritage in danger list.
The government’s official reef ambassador Warren Entsch will host the Canberra-based diplomatic group which, he said, included nine countries with voting rights at the upcoming world heritage committee meeting.
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