Ending plastic pollution – briefing
02 Sep 2019
Find out what the role of government should be in tackling the plastic crisis.
Letter to the Chancellor on the 2019 Spending Review
02 Sep 2019118 kB PDF file
A letter to the Chancellor by Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace and others ahead of the 2019 Spending Review
Government spending needed on climate and nature emergency
02 Sep 20193.2 MB PDF file
Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace and others have identified that the government needs to spend £42 billion a year on climate change and nature.
Driving pesticide reduction – why the government must set ambitious targets
Sandra Bell28 Aug 2019
Will the UK government step up action on pesticides reduction in response to the current ecological crisis?
A net zero carbon budget for the whole transport sector
Lisa Hopkinson and Lynn Sloman, Transport for Quality of Life27 Jun 2019
Analysis shows Department for Transport plans will cause UK to breach carbon budgets; radical new plan needed to cut aviation and road transport carbon by 2030
Finding the land to double tree cover
Guy Shrubsole with research by Chris Gordon-Smith18 Jun 2019
Is there really space in the UK to double tree cover? And where’s best to grow all those trees?
There’s something wrong in the countryside: rising pesticide use in the UK
05 Jun 2019
A close look at pesticide use reveals we’re treating crops more frequently and with a greater variety of chemicals than ever before – it’s time to reverse this trend and put the UK onto a trajectory of pesticide reduction.
Court order quashes fracking policy
03 Jun 2019
A recent ruling by a High Court judge has huge significance both for those fighting fracking applications and for planning authorities and communities looking to prepare climate-friendly, resilient plans and policies.
Faster, deeper, and fairer carbon pollution cuts needed
03 Jun 2019
Faster, deeper and fairer carbon pollution cuts than those recommended by the Committee on Climate Change are possible and necessary.
Getting the Department for Transport on the right track
Lisa Hopkinson and Lynn Sloman, Transport for Quality of Life24 May 2019
A damning indictment of the failure of the Department for Transport to give proper regard to the Climate Change Act.
Ever decreasing circle: 3 major warnings of nature’s catastrophic decline.
Paul de Zylva24 May 2019
“The essential, interconnected web of life on Earth is getting smaller and increasingly frayed.”
Policy changes needed to enable local authorities in England to deliver on climate change
22 May 2019
Local authorities can take some action on climate change but they could do so much more if the government empowered and enabled them.
Agriculture Bill – why support Amendment NC11 on pesticides reduction?
21 May 2019
We are asking MPs to join the existing cross-party support for amendment NC11 in the Agriculture Bill, which will put pesticide use in farming on the right path for everyone.
New bill to cut plastic pollution presented to parliament
17 May 2019External link
The Phase-out of Plastic Pollution Bill to significantly cut plastic waste by 2042 introduced to parliament in February 2019.
Climate emergency: what's the plan?
Mike Childs17 May 2019External link
We know about the dangers of hitting 1.5°C of global warming. We also know we’re on course for over 3°C. So what’s the plan?