🌱 "Only eight of the 23 measures in the 2023 Sustainable Farming Incentive have any potential to reduce emissions." Dustin Benton / dbenton.bsky.social and Dr Lydia Collas explain why Environmental Land Management needs reform to live up to its promise 👇 greenallianceblog.org.uk/2023/07/06/the…

🌍 The UK risks being left behind in the global green race. The government must invest in policies that meet the needs of new green industries. We mapped where these could be located based on underlying regional strengths Read the report 👉 bit.ly/3JjayH3 2/2

V big from the Office for Budget Responsibility.... *Costs of NOT zero could be double the costs of reaching it* They find keeping relying on gas & crisis similar to today's every 10y (v possible as gas = volatile) adds 13% GDP to public debt by 2050 obr.uk/frs/fiscal-ris…

🎧 NEW PODCAST: Can renewable power help tackle the UK’s inflation problem? Inflation hit a 41 year high in 2022. What is the policy response? ☀️Heather Plumpton speaks to Stu Dossett and Eric Lonergan about the power of renewables 👇 green-alliance.org.uk/podcast/can-re…

🚨 BREAKING 🚨 PM must stick with net-zero policies to cut bills and support business, say senior cross-party MPs Chairs of All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Environment, The Climate APPG, APPG Fuel Poverty & Energy Efficiency, Net Zero APPG + International Conservation APPG say existing pledges must not be weakened environment.inparliament.uk/news/press-rel…

Labour should go big and get on with green investment, writes Green Alliance’s Steve Coulter. From The New Statesman Spotlight ⬇️ newstatesman.com/spotlight/sust…

What will the Autumn Statement mean for climate and nature? Join Green Alliance’s experts online as they respond to the Autumn Statement and discuss what it means for climate, the economy and politics. 📅Wed, 22 Nov 2023 15:30 - 16:15 👉Register here bit.ly/3QWYONA

🕧At 12:30 today, Chancellor Sir Jeremy Hunt MP will announce the Autumn Statement 🍂💸 Join our experts online shortly afterwards as they respond and discuss what it means for climate, the economy and politics. 📥Register below Roz Bulleid, head of research Steve Coulter, head

📗NEW REPORT: Profit without loss ♻️Details how conserving resources benefits the economy, businesses and consumer 🤔But what would an economy shaped around conserving resource use actually look like? 🔍We've assessed the evidence 🧵on our new report bit.ly/3MX2g9G

What we welcomed and what we missed in this autumn statement: ✅Planning reforms that may free up much needed investment for the grid ❌No response to the US IRA ❌No announcement on carbon tariffs ❌No battery strategy With 2023 the hottest year on record and with #COP28

🤔 How can the UK end the era of low growth and stagnating productivity? 📈 Green industries are the way forwards. ✍️ In the first blog of a three part series, Steve Coulter makes the case for an industrial strategy 👇 greenallianceblog.org.uk/2023/12/08/the…

The UK must get serious about industrial strategy to end economic stagnation greenallianceblog.org.uk/2023/12/08/the…

🚨 NEW Net zero policy tracker Lack of political leadership on the environment means only half of emission reductions needed by 2032 having policy in place to deliver on them, and no plans to reduce 16% of emissions. Read the report 👇 green-alliance.org.uk/publication/ne… 1/6

The government’s new plan for a more strategic approach to industrial strategy is good news, but it must overcome some scepticism. 🗣️ Our head of economy, Steve Coulter, shares his thoughts on the future of UK industrial strategy in this BusinessGreen blog 👇

The Chancellor Rachel Reeves must take a more expansive view of investment to put more money into the economy, improve infrastructure and support net zero targets. Our head of economy Steve Coulter shares his thoughts on what we need to see at next week's autumn budget👉

Did the chancellor deliver on the tests we set out? And what are the key announcements needed and critical flashpoints still to address? Read our briefing on yesterdays budget here: green-alliance.org.uk/briefing/did-t…

Did the 2024 budget deliver for the environment? Read the verdict from #GreenAlliance experts here: green-alliance.org.uk/briefing/did-t…

My Renewal article on why the government should stick to its guns on green investment is out. Investment will grow and green the economy and get financial markets off our back. Renewal: Volume 32 Issue 4 (2024) - Lawrence Wishart journals.lwbooks.co.uk/renewal/vol-32…

"Rather than striving to grow the economy sustainably, attracting international investment in the low carbon growth industries of the future, the chancellor and prime minister now prefer to don hard hats and reheat the failed narratives of the 2010 government." (2/3)

Doubt the value of the green economy? Every £1 of value generated by the net zero economy creating an additional £1.89 in the wider economy: new &nbsp;report from CBI Economics + ECIU bit.ly/3ELZmmM</p>