The Climate and Nature Bill: a new dawn?
Will Labour live up to its campaign promises and support this vital Bill as it passes into the next stage of its passage through Parliament, asks TOM HARDY
A YOUGOV poll this year places the economy, health and the environment as the top three concerns of the electorate — but this is a false division.
Both the economy and health fold into the climate and environmental emergency. The former two cannot be addressed without first tackling the causes of climate breakdown and the decline of the natural world. There is no economy on a dead planet.
The Earth’s biosphere and climate are inextricably linked. Global heating has exacerbated the degradation of the natural world and, conversely, the decline in nature feeds the climate emergency. Restoring nature alongside cutting emissions is crucial to limiting temperature rises to 1.5°C.
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