The UK government’s trade strategy must promote fairness and sustainability
In its pre-election manifesto, Labour promised ‘to create a world free from poverty on a liveable planet’. Now the party is in government, and chancellor Rachel Reeves has set out a plan for economic growth that will be ‘guided by one clear principle above all: to act in the national interest’. At Fairtrade, we believe […]
Wera Hobhouse: ‘Green investment could have thwarted recession — now it can revive Britain’s ailing economy’
Despite assuring the nation that the UK’s economy was on the incline on Wednesday 14th February, millions of Brits woke up the next morning to find that the Prime Minister had driven the country into recession. How could this have been avoided? One option was not to waste the golden opportunity provided to the UK by […]
Greg Clark: ‘COP28 agreement underlines green global ambition is good for the UK’
COP28 concluded last week with an important agreement to transition away from fossil fuels and to triple global renewable energy capacity. When the summit began, some wrote off its prospects of success and were sceptical about the UK’s role on the world stage. But, once again, we proved them wrong; despite an agreement looking unlikely […]
King Charles: world leaders must face climate change with ‘ambition’ and ‘sense of the emergency’
In an impassioned speech to world leaders, King Charles III has suggested humans are changing ecological conditions at a pace that far outstrips nature’s ability to adapt and cope. He said the climate summit, which is the year being held in Dubai, was a crucial opportunity to keep hope alive. “I can only urge you […]
Mark Rylance: ‘Rishi Sunak is taking the country for fools on climate. Here’s how we fight back’
We are all familiar with that morning-after-the-election feeling. When you reach for your mobile half asleep and squint at the headlines, struggling to take in yet another horrendous election result and feeling like a character from a sci-fi film, stranded in an alternative, dystopian version of the future. Well, there’s a UK general election coming […]
Senior Conservative warns Sunak party will ‘pay a heavy price at the ballot box’ if it fails on climate
Rishi Sunak has been warned by a senior Conservative MP that the party will “pay a heavy price at the ballot box” at the next election if it wobbles on protecting the planet. Sir Alok Sharma, who served as the president for COP26, told the BBC this morning how he has been lobbying ministers to […]
Ministers ‘backtracking’ on fossil fuel commitments has cost UK net zero leadership, report says
Government progress on meeting its net zero commitments is “worryingly slow”, a new report from the independent Climate Change Committee has found. In its 15th annual progress report to parliament, the committee said its confidence in government being able to achieve its 2030 emissions reduction target has “markedly declined from last year.” The report said […]
