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Building a movement for climate justice requires recognising all our struggles are interconnected
This article is part of a series – The Decade We Must Win – examining the successes and failures of social movements and the left since the financial crash, and exploring how…
Who’s missing from the climate movement?
We all know who Greta Thunberg is, but do you know who Vanessa Nakate is? Last January, Nakate, founder of Fridays For Future Uganda, was famously cut out of a…
We can’t build our way out of the climate emergency
For far too long public debate on the sufficiency of climate action has focused on how quickly we are rolling out wind turbines, solar panels or even nuclear power. Such…
2021 will be the last chance to agree global climate governance
In 2015, the Paris agreement was negotiated committing countries to climate targets. The agreement also outlined a global architecture supporting the international response. Discussions over the carbon markets in article…
Lessons from the school strikes: Where the climate justice movement goes next
This article is part of a series - The Decade We Must Win - examining the successes and failures of social movements and the left since the financial crash, and…
How the Green Party is transforming Brighton & Hove
In July, Green councillors in Brighton and Hove became the largest party on the council and the second Green administration in the city began. Despite winning the popular vote in…
Distant targets substituting for action today: The UK’s climate performance in 2020.
2020 has seen net-zero carbon emissions targets go from being an oddity adopted by small island states, Bhutan and Sweden to become a new policy norm across the globe. Less…
Challenging institutional power must be integral to the fight for climate justice
As an activist, I am fascinated by the ways in which climate movements can disrupt systems of power and create opportunities for democracy on more equal terms. I believe that…
Hydrogen: Shortcut to decarbonisation or crutch for the fossil fuel industry?
Hydrogen has long been touted as the fuel of the future - the great hope of the energy sector rising on repeated waves of hype. Yet as recently as 2017,…
Councils, the climate emergency and the Green Party
With six months to go until a bumper round of local elections, where next for Green Party councillors and campaigners? Based on my experience of working with Green Party of…