The door is open for Labour to pledge meaningful action on the climate crisis
The climate crisis may be off the front pages but it remains the defining challenge of our time.…
COP26
How Labour can fight for climate justice – three priorities for the next year
COP26 ended in the only way that it could earlier this month. On the one hand, it was…
COP26 commitments to cut emissions by 2030 “still way short”, Starmer warns
The world is on track for “devastating” global warming even if all the commitments made by countries at…
Starmer urges Prime Minister: “We need to call time on the Tory sleaze scandal”
Countries agreed a watered-down climate deal as COP26 ended this weekend. India and China managed to force a last-minute change…
Sunday shows: 1.5°C target “in intensive care” after COP26, says Ed Miliband
Trevor Phillips on Sunday Ed Miliband, the Shadow Business Secretary, declared that after COP26, which saw leaders agree…
Ministers should set out a clear roadmap to help SMEs transition to net zero
This week Labour launched a series of net zero small business roundtables, the first of which I hosted…
Threat of failure looms over COP26 as Glasgow climate summit enters final day
Ed Miliband is worried about failure at COP26. The chief aim of the climate summit was ‘keeping 1.5…
Lots of things are going wrong at COP26. Here’s where there has been success
Yes! There are lots of things going wrong at COP26. And it is tempting to recite a litany…
Miliband: COP26 draft agreement leaves world “miles from where we need to be”
Ed Miliband has declared that the draft COP26 agreement leaves the international community “miles from where we need…
COP26: World leaders pledge to stop and reverse deforestation by 2030
The main COP26 news of the day is a commitment on deforestation. Over 100 countries, including leaders Joe…
