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Clive Lewis's Climate-related Tweets, Speeches & Votes

We've found the following climate-related tweets, speeches & votes by Clive Lewis in the last 90 days

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• 19 Feb 2025: Tweet

  1/ The question of who owns our water is more urgent than ever. ????Climate breakdown means higher risks of floods & droughts. ????Decades of neoliberalism have eroded democracy & trust. ????The cost-of-living crisis & soaring bills have left families struggling. [Source]

• 19 Feb 2025: Tweet

  1/ The question of who owns our water is more urgent than ever. ????Climate breakdown means higher risks of floods & droughts. ????Decades of neoliberalism have eroded democracy & trust. ????The cost-of-living crisis & soaring bills have left families struggling. [Source]

• 18 Feb 2025: Tweet

  RT @CompassOffice: London could run out of water by 2050. Climate change is bringing higher risks of droughts & floods. Water companies a… [Source]

• 04 Feb 2025: Tweet

  7/ Home retrofitting to cut energy bills, create jobs, and tackle the climate crisis. Expanding universal basic services—from transport to childcare—so people’s lives aren’t at the mercy of profiteers. That’s the way forward, not reactionary panic over Reform UK. [Source]

• 30 Jan 2025: Tweet

  RT @labourlewis: 1/ Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAFs) are being sold as the magic bullet for decarbonising air travel. Let’s break down wh… [Source]

• 30 Jan 2025: Tweet

  @Selhurstboys Synthetic fuels still produce nitrous oxide and toxic ultra fine particulate matter? It’s entirely possible to decarbonise and still destroy the planet/ourselves. [Source]

• 30 Jan 2025: Tweet

  5/ Producing SAFs—especially synthetic fuels—requires massive amounts of renewable electricity. Shiuld we prioritise an energy-hungry, high-emission industry over decarbonising sectors like homes, transport, answer & industry? That & higher demand pushes up our energy prices. [Source]

• 30 Jan 2025: Tweet

  1/ Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAFs) are being sold as the magic bullet for decarbonising air travel. Let’s break down why SAFs are NOT a panacea and why we need deeper changes to tackle aviation’s climate impact. ???????? https://x.com/labourlewis/status/1884896348945703332/photo/1 [Source]

• 25 Jan 2025: Tweet

  I spoke in support of the Climate and Nature Bill. In this clip from my speech, I explain that the climate and nature crises are here right now, and we need more decisive action now, too. The Bill didn't pass, but I am pleased the government has responded constructively, including new promises to report progress towards climate and nature targets, consulting the Bill’s supporters about forthcoming environmental legislation, and more meetings between the government and MPs concerned about the c [Source]

• 24 Jan 2025: Parliamentary Speech

  We have this stubborn inflation that will not go away, and we cannot seem to get growth in our economy. This is the climate crisis—this is what it looks like. We were warned about it by Stern decades ago, but it is here now. We need to do something about it; in fact, we need to do a lot about it. [ Interruption. ] The hon. Member for Broadland and Fakenham (Jerome Mayhew) is chuntering away—he is more than welcome to make an intervention, if he wishes. If he does not, I will continue.

  I want to talk about something that we in this place still do not quite get: the interconnectedness between climate and nature. The hon. Member for South Cotswolds discussed that very well, and I want to tease it out a bit further. Many of us now see tackling the climate crisis as an economic opportunity. I understand that, and there is a lot of mileage in it. However, it is quite possible to tackle the climate crisis—to build solar farms and wind farms, and do all the things that decarbonise—yet still kill the biodiversity of the planet. It is entirely possible to do both. Now that many of us in this place understand the climate crisis, we have to ensure that we also understand the nature and biodiversity crisis.

  I was invited down to the ancient woodland, and yes, there were bats there. I know that the proposed carbon offsetting would have meant the planting of tens of thousands of new saplings to replace the ancient woodland, which would have ensured that the carbon sequestration took place and that we could still hit our climate targets. However, I went down there and saw a flint axe head. I saw an ancient oak woodland that had been there for tens of thousands, possibly hundreds of thousands, of years. The complex biodiversity that was there—the insects, the birds, the mycelium networks underneath the ground—was beautiful. I could feel how old it was, and it was going to be bulldozed over and replaced with tens of thousands of saplings somewhere else in Norfolk.

  At that point, I understood that it is entirely possible for us to hit our climate targets as we rip up and destroy a 10,000 or 50,000-year-old woodland. At that moment, I realised that I could never allow the road to be built. We can look at the Amazon forest and campaign about what should not be happening there, but what about our own backyards? There is a question for the Government —my Government or any Government—about growth: what kind of growth do we want? No one is answering that question. Do we want sustainable growth? What is growth about? What are we growing? Are we growing pollution in our rivers? Are we growing roads that go through ancient woodlands? Yes, that is growth, but is it the growth we want? Do we not want to see growth in well-paid adult social care or renewable technology? Do we not want to see growth in rewilding or sustainable farming? Those are the areas where I want to see economic growth. I do not want to see growth that comes at the cost of my daughter and her generation’s future. That is the kind of decision that we in this country and this Government have to make.

  Choices need to be made here. Many of my constituents cannot afford to fly. Everyone wants to see their constituents benefit from the economy, and if we go down that path of expansion, we will be heading in the wrong direction. There will be many Members on both the Government and the Opposition Benches who do not want to see that. I believe that expanding Heathrow is incompatible with having a genuine approach to biodiversity and climate. The Climate Change Committee has already stated, before we even get to the seventh carbon budget, that this should not happen. We will need to have a very hard, honest conversation about that. I do not think it should happen.

  Full debate: Climate and Nature Bill

• 21 Jan 2025: Tweet

  4/ As I'm quoted in the article as saying: “The CCC has called for ‘no net airport expansion’ in the UK. That’s because it’s completely incompatible with the government’s own net zero strategy.” Sustainability must lead, but fairness is key to delivering it. ???? [Source]

• 21 Jan 2025: Tweet

  1/ If this becomes government aviation policy then it will fail both the environment and fairness. While aiming to expand airport capacity, it’s completely incompatible with their own net zero strategy. The CCC has even called for “no net airport expansion” in the UK. ????✈️ https://x.com/labourlewis/status/1881697350110060992/photo/1 [Source]

• 19 Dec 2024: Tweet

  Water is a critical national resource. All life and ecological health depends on it. Climate breakdown means higher risks of floods, droughts, and water shortages are looming. We urgently need proper investment to mitigate and adapt, and ensure everyone can access water. 4/6 [Source]

• 11 Dec 2024: Tweet

  Again it depends on which model of public ownership you opt for? It also depends on the form of corporate governance you opt for. Having privately owned not for profits with hybrid worker/local govt/consumer/company representation is another option. The climate crisis demands we think outside the box and decide on what’s best for certain strategic objectives ie climate adaption and effective investment. Not simply one that benefits a minority or is based on ideological considerations that only [Source]

• 29 Nov 2024: Tweet

  Even more fundamentally, COP still assumes we can "solve" the climate crisis through mitigation. But this ignores the now. Adaptation prepares for the crises already unfolding, while mitigation works to prevent future catastrophe. Both are essential. 7/12 [Source]

• 29 Nov 2024: Tweet

  Global warming is locked in. Even if we halted emissions today, past greenhouse gas levels ensure rising seas, extreme weather, and food insecurity. Billionaires know it, that’s why they’re building bunkers. But we need deep adaption for everyone. 1/12 #ClimateActionNow [Source]

• 29 Nov 2024: Tweet

  After the failure of #COP29, it's time to face a hard truth: mitigation alone is no longer enough. We need deep adaptation – preparing for inevitable climate impacts while addressing systemic injustices. Those two imperatives are significant parts of what my Water Bill attempts to do. ???? [Source]

• 29 Nov 2024: Tweet

  Even more fundamentally, COP still assumes we can "solve" the climate crisis through mitigation. But this ignores the now. Adaptation prepares for the crises already unfolding, while mitigation works to prevent future catastrophe. Both are essential. 7/12 [Source]

• 29 Nov 2024: Tweet

  Global warming is locked in. Even if we halted emissions today, past greenhouse gas levels ensure rising seas, extreme weather, and food insecurity. Billionaires know it, that’s why they’re building bunkers. But we need deep adaption for everyone. 1/12 #ClimateActionNow [Source]

• 29 Nov 2024: Tweet

  After the failure of #COP29, it's time to face a hard truth: mitigation alone is no longer enough. We need deep adaptation – preparing for inevitable climate impacts while addressing systemic injustices. Those two imperatives are significant parts of what my Water Bill attempts to do. ???? [Source]

• 28 Nov 2024: Tweet

  Confronting the Climate Crisis: Essential Strategies for Effective Adaptation The Climate Crisis Seems to be Speeding-up — So what can we do? My article here: @clive.lewis01/confronting-the-climate-crisis-essential-strategies-for-effective-adaptation-188bc85d3f0b" target="_blank">https://medium.com/@clive.lewis01/confronting-the-climate-crisis-essential-strategies-for-effective-adaptation-188bc85d3f0b https://x.com/labourlewis/status/1862235989738950715/photo/1 [Source]