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CLIMATE change became a point of contention inside the Green Party yesterday as members argued at this year’s conference on whether to prioritise the issue.
The Greens’ only MP Caroline Lucas set global warming front and centre in her address to conference, saying that protecting her sons from climate change was what got her “out of bed in the morning.”
But a heated debate erupted after her speech over whether combatting climate change should be the party’s flagship policy or just part of its principles.
Established as a landmark victory for the climate movement, the CCC promised to hold governments to account. Today, it is understating the danger of climate chaos and impeding the radical action needed, says IAN SINCLAIR
Reaching co-operation is supposed to be the beginning, not the end, of global climate governance, argues LISA VANHALA
Now at 115,000 members and in some polls level with Labour in terms of public support, CHRIS JARVIS looks at the factors behind the rapid rise of the Greens, internal and external
Apart from a bright spark of hope in the victory of the Gaza motion, this year’s conference lacked vision and purpose — we need to urgently reconnect Labour with its roots rather than weakly aping the flag-waving right, argues KIM JOHNSON MP