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• 30 Oct 2024: Tweet

  In a climate emergency we cannot repeat the mistakes of the past. Our second amendment to the GB Energy Bill would stop the Govt further locking us into high-carbon infrastructure. The stakes could not be higher: this is about securing a liveable planet for future generations. https://x.com/sianberry/status/1851591842699120663/video/1 [Source]

• 29 Oct 2024: Parliamentary Speech

  I am pleased to speak in this debate, and the Green group of MPs is pleased to back this Bill. I will be speaking in support of new clauses 2 and 3, tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for Waveney Valley (Adrian Ramsay), which are designed to make the Bill even stronger. The new clauses would create a new nature recovery duty for Great British Energy and prevent investments that increase climate emissions.

  If nature recovery is to be important in the Government’s present drive, does the hon. Member accept that renewable energy has been destructive of nature? Some 17 million trees have been cut down in Scotland to facilitate windmills. Now, there are studies indicating that offshore wind is leading to dead porpoises, dead dolphins and dead whales being washed up on beaches because of the effects of drilling.

  The nature recovery duty under new clause 2 would help GB Energy invest only in projects that deliver significant biodiversity benefits and meet targets under the Environment Act 2021, by building nature-friendly design features into renewable energy projects and creating and restoring habitats on development sites in and around clean energy infrastructure.

  The hon. Lady mentioned Northern Ireland and particularly the Sperrin mountains, which is an area of great natural beauty. It has many features, including wildlife and wild uplands, but it has been industrialised. I took a motorbike journey around the area three weeks ago, and there are hundreds of huge wind turbines. The peat has been dug up, the landscape has been destroyed and thousands of birds are killed every year. What has happened in the Sperrin mountains is hardly a good example of renewable energy being nature-friendly.

  There is no reason to think that Great British Energy, without a duty to consider nature recovery, will be any different. A statutory duty to deliver for nature’s recovery would be complementary to GB Energy’s other objectives around clean energy, energy efficiency and energy security. It would also reflect the Government’s manifesto commitment to tackle the interconnected nature and climate crises together. I hope the Government will carefully consider those arguments.

  New clause 3, which was also tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for Waveney Valley, is vital to guarantee that our energy investments are not only financially responsible but aligned with the legal requirement to reach net zero by 2050. As legislators, we have a duty to hold GB Energy accountable, preventing investments that will lock us into high-carbon energy pathways and undermine our net zero commitments. The new clause mandates environmental impact assessments before any investments are made, ensuring that each decision is grounded in evidence. It forces us to ask, “Will this investment push us at speed towards, or risk pulling us away from, our climate goals?” Publishing those assessments opens the process to public scrutiny—an essential principle in democracy. The public deserve to know exactly how their tax money is being used, particularly when it comes to funding projects that may exacerbate the climate crisis.

  When we talk about greenhouse gas emissions, it is crucial to acknowledge that carbon dioxide is not the only danger. Methane is a greenhouse gas with over 80 times the warming potential of CO 2 over a 20-year period. Methane emissions, often associated with fossil fuel extraction and agriculture, must be tightly controlled to ensure that the UK meets its climate commitments. The new clause would ensure that all climate emissions, including methane, are thoroughly assessed before any public investment is made. If we do not account for methane and other greenhouse gases, we risk underestimating the climate impact of certain energy projects, and particularly those related to natural gas production and transport.

  Great British Energy should also be a true trailblazer in the global transition to clean energy. The amendment strengthens that mission by making clear that only projects contributing to emissions reductions should receive investment. With countries around the world watching, we have a unique opportunity to lead by example. A failure to act boldly now will leave us behind in the global race for climate leadership.

  I will focus my remarks on how to ensure that GB Energy delivers effectively for Scotland and the rest of the United Kingdom. To do that, it must generate investment that delivers tangible results and brings jobs and economic growth, along with the energy security that we all want. In Committee, witnesses said that one of the challenges for GB Energy will be finding a balance between accelerating renewable energy delivery and ensuring a return on investment, while supporting less mature technologies. I agree that it will be a difficult balance to strike, but we are more likely to succeed in our investments if they are encouraged in areas where there is likely to be a warm welcome and strong understanding of electricity generation, and where the foundational skills and engineering heritage already exist. They include former coalfields across Scotland and the rest of the United Kingdom, including in west Fife in my constituency.

  Full debate: Great British Energy Bill

• 29 Oct 2024: Tweet

  Building up clean energy isn’t just for cutting bills and climate emissions, or creating great new jobs. We must protect the natural world while we do it and give GB Energy legal nature recovery duties. Hope the Govt will back our amendment! #GreatBritishEnergy https://x.com/sianberry/status/1851333102284509350/video/1 [Source]

• 07 Oct 2024: Tweet

  RT @AdrianRamsay: Despite a landscape of failed #CCS projects around the world, the Govt is throwing £22bn at the technology - allowing fo… [Source]

• 25 Sep 2024: Tweet

  RT @CarolineLucas: As our society faces both rising populism & climate breakdown, fostering hope & resilience for a greener, fairer world h… [Source]

• 21 Sep 2024: Tweet

  RT @EllieChowns: We need more action from the Government on climate change to go with their warm words. As a start they should: Tax the oi… [Source]

• 04 Sep 2024: Tweet

  RT @EllieChowns: We cannot separate the economy and climate change. Today I tabled an amendment to the Budget Responsibility Bill that wou… [Source]

• 29 Jul 2024: Parliamentary Speech

  Also out of scope, as the Bill’s title indicates, are rail freight services. The public might have expected those private operators to be among the first for action, especially as getting freight off the roads and on to rail has so many benefits in addressing road danger, congestion and climate emissions.

  Full debate: Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill

• 17 Jul 2024: Parliamentary Speech

  Listening to people in my constituency during the election, it was hard not to be affected by the strength of public feeling and distress about the climate emergency and the degradation of our natural environment, and by the huge desire to defend social justice and public services. This Parliament must seek to deliver for them.

  Full debate: Debate on the Address

• 02 Jul 2024: Tweet

  @BrightonHoveTUC @TheGreenParty @varndean @BHASVIC @bhspeakout @GraceEyreF @ACORNunion @ACORN_Brighton @Elaine4Kemptown @SophieBroadbent @CitizensBH Debates are important and I’m sad about the hustings we didn’t have because neither the Conservative nor Labour candidates would attend, including a city-wide climate debate, and with LGBTIQA+ groups and @BrightonArgus. Let’s not let this happen again! [Source]

• 01 Jul 2024: Tweet

  Vote Climate has run an analysis of the climate impacts of party manifestos, and who has the best chance of meeting net zero - you will NEVER guess who came top @VoteClimateUK recommends everyone in Brighton Pavilion constituency votes Green. Here's why https://voteclimate.uk/news/party_manifesto_climate_impact_comparison.htm [Source]

• 29 Jun 2024: Tweet

  RT @GNDRising: “Why is no one proposing to tax the most wealthy who are most responsible for the climate crisis to pay for the investment w… [Source]

• 24 Jun 2024: Tweet

  Listening to scientists (and children, parents, doctors, engineers, business owners and everyone else on their doorsteps!) then building a costed plan to deliver what nature and the climate emergency demand is how we have won this level of support! #VoteGreen #NoHalfMeasures https://twitter.com/thegreenparty/status/1805194328383328763 [Source]

• 13 Jun 2024: Tweet

  RT @CarolineLucas: Not the existential threat of climate change. Not fixing the NHS. Not tackling poverty and inequality. But the creation… [Source]

• 11 Jun 2024: Tweet

  In this time of climate emergency, we can't let the fossil fuel lobby call the shots and delay action. That's why I've signed this pledge and will never stop campaigning for a #FossilFreeParliament #PollutersOut https://twitter.com/MP_FossilFree/status/1798760089274470834 [Source]

• 05 Jun 2024: Tweet

  RT @GreenRupertRead: This!: We had the Channel 4 climate debate at the last general election. Since then, these questions have only become… [Source]

• 04 Jun 2024: Tweet

  RT @TheGreenParty: ???? "It's about tackling the climate crisis. And it's about creating a better society." Co-leader @adrianramsay on @chan… [Source]

• 04 Jun 2024: Tweet

  Keir Starmer says PM has collapsed on net zero politically, but recall his own u-turn on investment! Labour offers little with this energy policy, around £8 bn for the whole next Parliament. Not the real change and real hope that Greens will deliver: https://www.greenparty.org.uk/news/2024/06/03/greens-call-for-real-change-to-deliver-energy-security/ [Source]

• 30 May 2024: Tweet

  ????✅Green win on campaign launch day! Cons scored the only zero, for defending democracy. Labour scored low on meeting the UK’s international climate targets and protecting nature. Overall, Greens well ahead on key policies according to @friends_earth https://inews.co.uk/news/general-election-environment-pledges-ranked-tory-labour-3080171 [Source]

• 30 May 2024: Tweet

  RT @AdrianRamsay: Delighted that @Friends_Earth has recognised @TheGreenParty's practical solutions to the climate crisis. This report un… [Source]

• 23 May 2024: Tweet

  Pleased to be on BBC Radio Sussex this morning: "People in Brighton know that Greens have got local momentum, but also answers to the big national questions like the future of the NHS, and what we do about water and sewage, housing and the climate emergency." #VoteGreen https://twitter.com/sianberry/status/1793573191857975387/video/1 [Source]

• 18 May 2024: Tweet

  RT @TheGreenParty: NEWS: Sport England is making £45 million available to grassroots football clubs to deal with climate change after new r… [Source]

• 11 May 2024: Tweet

  RT @catherinerowett: "The truth is that most people, including... professional journalists &... politicians, don’t really get climate break… [Source]

• 03 May 2024: Tweet

  A General Election has never been more urgent. The outgoing Government has no intention of making different decisions on warmer homes, energy investment, road building or airport expansion. It must go before it tries to cancel completely the Climate Change Act it’s breaking. https://twitter.com/adambienkov/status/1786333823669518424 [Source]

• 30 Apr 2024: Tweet

  RT @CAGNE_GATWICK: Great to catch up with @sianberry at the climate change hearing today N ok to airport expansion #glbalwarming #greenpart… [Source]

• 30 Apr 2024: Tweet

  At the Gatwick expansion hearing on climate change today supporting local Greens @cllrLisaScott @cllr_paul @_JonathanEssex, @CAGNE_GATWICK @GCgatwick and many others from XR and beyond. The business running the airport wants to make it as big as Heathrow and we all say NO! https://twitter.com/sianberry/status/1785242181168754943/photo/1 [Source]

• 18 Apr 2024: Tweet

  RT @TeamSianBerry: Climate crisis we could have guessed, less so the Rubik's Cubes - why @sianberry does what she does in @StylistMagazine… [Source]

• 09 Apr 2024: Tweet

  RT @TheGreenParty: ???? The only thing standing in the way of clean renewable energy powering every home is political will. ???? The Green Party… [Source]

• 03 Apr 2024: Tweet

  RT @GreenRupertRead: Climate-breakdown-induced delays now the main external threat facing our railways… Rings very true with my experience… [Source]

• 19 Mar 2024: Tweet

  We face a climate crisis - last year was the hottest on record. The Conservatives have actively promoted policies that will make climate change much worse, from raising rail fares to pushing ahead with more oil and gas drilling. 1/ https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/why-is-the-sea-so-hot/ [Source]

• 13 Mar 2024: Tweet

  RT @CarolineLucas: This assessment from @theCCCuk is damning. The Government is failing to prepare UK for growing impacts of #climate chang… [Source]

• 06 Mar 2024: Tweet

  #Budget2024 reflects this Govt: a consistent refusal to rise to the climate crisis and invest in better day-to-day lives and liveable homes. Current Labour Party plans follow suit with that £28bn u-turn. We need to break this dismal consensus. Greens in Parliament will do that. [Source]

• 06 Mar 2024: Tweet

  Brighton is the UK's 3rd mouldiest city. https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/24084502.brightons-mould-problem-among-worst-uk/ We need a Green New Deal: energy saving, green energy and higher standards for rented homes. Millions of good jobs in every community to build better lives and resilience. As MP I’ll never stop pushing for this. [Source]

• 04 Mar 2024: Tweet

  RT @ZoeGarbett: The climate crisis affects workers - from health & safety concerns working in more extreme heat to making sure workers are… [Source]

• 12 Feb 2024: Tweet

  Since our campaign started last summer, we have worked hard and listened to 1000s of residents in Brighton Pavilion. Their concerns are now my plan of action. Health and the right to services, housing costs, sewage and flooding, and climate investment: https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/24113254.green-deputy-leader-joins-brighton-election-campaign/ 2/ [Source]

• 12 Feb 2024: Tweet

  Ultimately, this is about keeping London on track for a future that meets climate targets with streets full of free or cheap, accessible, multi-generational, green, safe, healthy ways to spend time and get around.????????‍????????????????‍♀️????‍♀️????????‍♀️???? My full report here ⬇️ https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2024-02/2024_02_SIAN_BERRY_WINNING_BETTER_BOROUGH_TRANSPORT_PLANS.pdf [Source]

• 02 Feb 2024: Tweet

  Faced with a climate crisis… Cons: let’s scale up fossil fuels with more oil and gas Labour: we’ll invest, ah we wont, oh no we might, er no actually Greens: let’s use this money to meet climate targets, rebuild our country and improve all our lives https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/feb/02/senior-mp-confirms-labour-has-dropped-28bn-target-for-green-investment [Source]

• 21 Dec 2023: Tweet

  ???? It has been brilliant to work towards this report with @grripp and our Green group of AMs. ????And to spend time with researchers and campaigners in cities around the world, pushing for the gendered impacts of climate change (and its solutions) to be much higher up the agenda. https://twitter.com/ZackPolanski/status/1737737684645212627 [Source]

• 19 Jan 2023: Tweet

  The Mayor’s climate credibility is truly in tatters after today's #MQT. He refused point blank to pause and review the Silvertown Road Tunnel now the first tunnel has been dug. And dismissed local ideas for better uses for the space. ???? Is this any kind of climate leadership? https://twitter.com/sianberry/status/1616126996706217984/video/1 [Source]

• 07 Jan 2023: Tweet

  Asked how to get stations and public buildings running off more green energy, @zoe4hackney talks about her current work within the NHS doing exactly that. ???????????????? #zoe4london https://twitter.com/sianberry/status/1611748165652283394/photo/1 [Source]

• 02 Dec 2022: Tweet

  “There’s no evidence there are more posts with ‘climate scam’ than ‘climate emergency’ or other terms, or that they are getting more engagement, so it’s a bit perplexing why it’s the top search term, we are scratching our heads at it,” https://twitter.com/GuardianUS/status/1598589372898676737 [Source]

• 06 Nov 2022: Tweet

  “Climate change is not something that will happen in the future, it is here and now and it is hitting us.” https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/06/climate/loss-and-damage-climate-cop27.html?smid=tw-share [Source]

• 11 Oct 2022: Tweet

  “Hello, we’re your Conservative Government and our goals today are to cause fear, hunger, climate breakdown, and not forgetting… homelessness.” #WhoVotedForThis https://twitter.com/Steven_Swinford/status/1579586149999181824 [Source]

• 07 Sep 2022: Tweet

  Make no mistake, the Silvertown Road Tunnel is a vast new road building project that will increase car dependency, traffic and pollution for Londoners. Opposition comes from the spectrum of political parties and local councils who know NOT to build new roads in a climate crisis. https://twitter.com/sianberry/status/1567496093725761537 [Source]

• 08 Feb 2022: Tweet

  Like many people, I am finding the “What things can we put uphill or under pressure, and where?” stage of renewable energy storage innovation a lot of fun. ⚡️????‍???????? https://twitter.com/HappyEcoNews/status/1491147363511148552 [Source]

• 02 Feb 2022: Tweet

  ‘Absurd’ road schemes are biggest threat to net zero, campaigners warn https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/greenhouse-emissions-2020-transport-uk-b2005094.html [Source]