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Conference diary: a bird’s eye view from Birmingham
I used to work for a conservation charity famous for protecting birds and once, on a call, a woman used the phrase “let’s kill two birds with one stone, here”. I barely noticed what she’d said (it was...
View ArticleConference diary: hovering in anticipation
The overwhelming atmosphere at Conservative Party conference this week was one of anticipation. Throughout the fringe events and the hotel bars, even in the main hall, a sense that something big was...
View ArticleConservative Party Conference: Boris Johnson holds the key to environmental...
Green Alliance descended on Manchester for the Conservative Party Conference, along with the rest of Westminster, not really knowing what to expect. For many, including Conservatives first elected in...
View ArticleWhat did the party conferences tell us about the politics of the environment?
Labour’s slogan was ‘A fairer, greener future’ and commitments to climate action ran through speeches by Ed Miliband (“This is the undeniable truth of our age: it is cheaper to save the planet than...
View ArticleWhat did this year’s party conferences really mean for the environment?
Central to the need for swift, decisive action to tackle the climate and nature emergencies is bold political leadership. We won’t see change to business as usual without significant buy-in from party...
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