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We've found the following climate-related tweets, speeches & votes by Stella Creasy

• 11 Jul 2024: Tweet

  @LivingstoneSoph not only helps families struggling with cost of living but also tackles the climate crisis as Chief Exec of @LittleVillageHQ baby bank. She's the star of this weeks #mummafesto podcast which is now up on Apple, Spotify and Youtube! https://www.facebook.com/stellacreasy/videos/clearing-your-loft-to-help-someone-with-a-newborn-is-good-for-their-pockets-and-/1957929314638268/?extid=reels [Source]

• 09 Jul 2024: Tweet

  @Denise_Rawls Fwiw you can’t claim it’s a climate emergency, attack other parties for not doing as much as you and then caveat except in those seats we won and so want to oppose infrastructure for political gain as we all pay for their self interest - and as for being polite or decent …???? [Source]

• 02 Jul 2024: Tweet

  Day 41 and my record proves voting Labour in walthamstow is a vote for deeds not words on the climate crisis -for an MP who doesn’t just make pledges about the planet at elections but does the hard yards to deliver actions that reduce carbon emissions and protect our environment. https://twitter.com/stellacreasy/status/1808260607835361373/video/1 [Source]

• 20 Jun 2024: Tweet

  @Finn_Mackay I'm not sure i understand your point- unless you're trying to suggest only just stop oil care about climate change, this is about how such tactics undermine rather than convince. [Source]

• 20 Jun 2024: Tweet

  @StephenCorrySvl if the EDL were handling Stonehenge (something repeatedly drummed into you as dangerous to do given its age) many of those dismissive of concern about the stones would be up in arms. Its possible to win arguments about slow pace of action on climate crisis. This is losing them. [Source]

• 19 Jun 2024: Tweet

  bow to no one in passion for fossil fuel free future. Destroying precious national heritage will not save an ounce of carbon. It will not win case for faster net zero targets. It only risks hearts and minds we need to win fight for in first place! #justStopJustStopOil https://twitter.com/politlcsuk/status/1803401356465586676 [Source]

• 15 May 2024: Tweet

  RT @ClimateAPPG: NEW: To re-establish the UK as a climate leader, the @ClimateAPPG calls for @RishiSunak to: ⛔️End “maxing out” North Sea… [Source]

• 13 May 2024: Tweet

  RT @labour4europe: “Geography matters - we need to focus on nearer markets for many practical reasons such as fighting climate change.” @Cl… [Source]

• 02 Feb 2024: Tweet

  This Tory era shows false economy and short sightedness of austerity. UK is crippled by lack of infrastructure to tackle climate change, global economy, or enduring injustice. Holds so many back as a result. Labour must invest to save not just planet but public finances and jobs. [Source]

• 01 Dec 2023: Tweet

  RT @horton_official: I watched the leader speeches at #cop28 and I believe we are the ONLY country to have a leader which used it as an opp… [Source]

• 21 Nov 2023: Parliamentary Speech

  More fundamentally, I wish to speak up for British steel, which will be directly impacted by this legislation; indeed, it has called for the Government to answer questions arising from the SI. I hope that I speak for all of us in the room in saying that we recognise the value to our national security and our climate change objectives of having a national steel industry. I understand the industry’s concerns about this legislation and the fact that, without support, the free allowances will not lead to the sustainability of the British steel industry. I hoped that we might hear some answers today, but the Minister did not mention the word “steel”. I am sure he will wish to correct that in responding to the debate. The industry thinks it will take nine years to decarbonise British steel at this rate; without support, the 2026 deadline could lead to the end of British steel and all the concerns that might arise from that.

  Full debate: Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2023

• 14 Nov 2023: Parliamentary Speech

  My hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield South East (Mr Betts) set out the housing crisis. When I see the other crises that we are facing, I suppose I should be careful what I wish for, because when faced with the climate crisis, the Government’s response is to go hard on fossil fuels rather than recognising that renewables are cheaper and that, if we are to tackle both the cost of living crisis and the climate crisis, we should put those things together rather than asking our communities to choose.

  Full debate: Economic Growth

• 05 Nov 2023: Tweet

  RT @ClimateAPPG: ????NEW: To ensure success at #COP28 the @ClimateAPPG has recommended that @RishiSunak : ????????Appoints a UK climate envoy ????Ph… [Source]

• 08 Oct 2023: Tweet

  RT @thefabians: If we’re honest, right now, the arguments around the climate crisis are being shaped by the idea of ‘woke’. For me, it’s al… [Source]

• 20 Sep 2023: Tweet

  Only Rishi sunak could think a kitchen big enough for a bin for every day of the week is a thing. It’s as imaginary as his grasp on the scale of the climate crisis or the economic impact of messing businesses around on net zero. Our planet and our politics deserve better. [Source]

• 19 Sep 2023: Parliamentary Speech

  11. What steps her Department is taking to help energy-intensive industries decarbonise. ( 906464 )

  Full debate: Energy-intensive Industries: Decarbonisation

  Steel accounts for 8% of global carbon dioxide emissions and 50,000 jobs here in the UK. We have no viable alternative to steel, which is why the Government’s decision to go with an electric arc furnace only modelled for decarbonisation does not make any sense. Not only does it put at risk thousands of jobs but it makes the industry vulnerable to changes in steel prices, as the UK will have to import it. The Minister spoke about carbon capture, but can she explain why the Government have not gone for a combination of technologies such as carbon capture, or the retrofitting required for hydrogen-based steel production? That way, we would not only decarbonise the industry but protect those vital jobs and the industry in the UK for generations to come.

  Full debate: Energy-intensive Industries: Decarbonisation

• 19 Sep 2023: Tweet

  There is no alternative for steel which is why decarbonisation is vital and requires us not to rely on imports -the Minister cannot explain why she’s put jobs and industry at risk which tells you everything about their ability to protect British workers and tackle climate change. https://twitter.com/stellacreasy/status/1704158370003919187/video/1 [Source]

• 28 Jun 2023: Tweet

  It’s not an either or between net zero and tackling the cost of living crisis - it’s about how both can work together to cut costs and carbon so that families are not in debt, industries can transition and our planet is not damaged. https://x.com/stellacreasy/status/1674147414842720256/video/1 [Source]

• 24 May 2023: Parliamentary Speech

  Without the Lords amendments, the Bill places our rights at work, our environmental protections and hard-won equal rights on a cliff edge. From working with my constituents on the Hallam citizens’ climate manifesto, our vision for climate action locally and nationally, I know the importance and appetite for democracy, especially around protecting our natural environment. Our response to the climate and nature emergency must be led by communities across the country who already feel the impacts of the climate crisis. That is why I have been working with campaigners to bring forward the Climate and Ecology Bill as a 10-minute rule Bill. It would enable us to reach the goals we need to protect us from a 1.5°C increase in global temperature. We need to bring about a democratic transition. We urgently need to protect our precious natural environment and expand our democracy when talking about these issues, not curtail it.

  Full debate: Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill

• 29 Dec 2022: Tweet

  Being publicly humiliated by Greta Thunberg for trying to goad her about climate change campaigning isn’t the most cringeworthy moment for Andrew Tate in last 24 hours. It’s revealing his ego thinks this means she wants to sleep with him. He’s old enough to be her father. https://twitter.com/Cobratate/status/1608209275716866049 [Source]

• 9 Dec 2022: Parliamentary Speech

  Failing to reduce waste and deal with climate changes often hits the poorest in our communities, as we have seen with those who have been repeatedly flooded out of their houses or from the evidence that shows that incinerators are three times more likely to be sited in areas of deprivation than affluent regions. Yet asking the public to look ahead to that green future and to be more climate conscious is impossible to do when they do not know where the next meal is going to come from for their families or they are thinking that they cannot afford to put their baby in warm clothing that evening.

  Full debate: Baby Banks: Government Support

• 19 Oct 2022: Vote

  Ban on Fracking for Shale Gas Bill - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 27 Jun 2022: Tweet

  Helping parents with the costs of children and cutting waste is key to both the cost of living and climate crisis - this July join us and @e17toylibrary helping tackle both by donating and recycling with us! https://x.com/stellacreasy/status/1541463860720418817/photo/1 [Source]

• 27 Jun 2022: Tweet

  Walthamstow it’s almost time for our month tackling the impact of the cost of living crisis and climate crisis in our area at the same time. We will be taking donations from the end of this week - please spread the word! https://x.com/stellacreasy/status/1541463267155001346/photo/1 [Source]

• 14 Jun 2022: Tweet

  Walthamstow we're really excited at the possibilities of this project on cost of living and climate change- we're asking for your help to make that a reality! if you can help get in touch (and if anyone can get us latex which is about to expire so we can lay a floor especially!) https://x.com/stellacreasy/status/1536636607457009665/photo/1 [Source]

• 13 Dec 2021: Vote

  Subsidy Control Bill — Schedule 1 - The subsidy control principles - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 07 Jun 2021: Vote

  Advanced Research and Invention Agency Bill — New Clause 1 - Human Rights Abuses - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 26 May 2021: Vote

  Environment Bill — New Clause 24 - Prohibition on burning of peat in upland areas - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 13 Apr 2021: Parliamentary Speech

  We need not just to build back better, but to build back for all. Andy Haldane has highlighted that around 10 million people in this country are on insecure contracts. Our economy was so hard hit by covid because it was over-reliant on services, which made up as much as 80% of our GDP, whereas just 14% was based in construction and just 6% in manufacturing. The Bill shows that the Government still have not learned the lessons about how we are able as a nation to handle future shocks and diversify; to invest alongside business and academia in new technologies; to learn from the vaccine programme and encourage co-operation and innovation alongside the state and not in spite of it; or, in the run-up to COP26, to provide the incentives to renewable energy manufacturing and production that could futureproof our economy for decades to come.

  Full debate: Finance (No. 2) Bill

• 13 Jan 2021: Vote

  Financial Services Bill — Schedule 2 - Prudential regulation of FCA investment firms - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 24 Nov 2020: Parliamentary Speech

  Is it not also important to recognise that some of the strongest drivers for reaching some of those emissions targets will come from the financial sector itself? For example, the move towards decarbonising pension funds has been hugely beneficial in promoting renewable energy. It makes sense to join the dots when it comes to our country’s financial objectives and our wider social and climate objectives.

  My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Joining the dots is exactly what we should do. Of course, she is right that individual investment firms will make their own decisions on these things, perhaps sometimes pressed by pension fund members, consumer groups or trustees in some ways. We applaud firms that do that, but how much more powerful would it be if that was a goal of the regulators, set out in our own financial services legislation? It would be more powerful, because the UK has this huge financial sector, which has around it this cluster of expertise, which we refer to a lot—legal and accountancy firms and all the rest—and because our own domestic commitments can bend the power of that sector towards the net zero goals.

  The amendment goes with the grain of what more and more firms and people in this sector are talking about. By including this change, we can take all the fine-sounding commitments on corporate websites and put them at the heart of our regulatory mission. It can mark out the UK financial services regulation as having a new post-Brexit mission. If asked what we want the UK financial services sector to do in this post-Brexit world—we debated divergence and capital rules and all the rest earlier—what would be a better answer than making sure that the power of this is bent towards us achieving net zero, and in so doing encouraging financial sectors elsewhere in the world to go down the same path?

  Finance will play a huge role in whether or not we meet the target. I do not propose, Mr Davies, to go through what the Committee on Climate Change has said that we need to do to reach the target in great detail, because we would be here all day, but I want to give the Committee an idea of a few headings that will require enormous investment.

  We will need a complete automotive transition, from internal combustion engines to electric or other zero emission vehicles. Just a few days ago, the Prime Minister himself announced a new, more advanced target for the phasing out of internal combustion engines.

  There will need to be a large programme of afforestation, because remember this is net zero. It will not be that we never have emissions, but we will have net zero. One of the main vehicles, if you like, in absorbing the emissions that we are still responsible for is afforestation, so we will need a huge programme.

  Let me put the point back to the hon. Gentleman. If there are new financial innovations, such as green gilts, that Governments can issue to finance the list of things I mentioned from the Climate Change Committee and if there is investor appetite, as there seems to be, for the limited number of green gilts that have already been issued, why on earth would we not put at the heart of the regulator’s mission that they should have regard to these goals and use them as a guiding principle, particularly as we are going into a post-Brexit world where we will be asked on many fronts what we are for now given that we have left an existing framework? It is particularly appropriate to add this proposal to the Bill. This will require investment and it cannot all be done by the state. It will require innovation in finance. We have mentioned green gilts but other kinds of saving products, investment products, bonds, loans and all sorts of instruments will all have to be geared to the necessary changes to meet the net zero target.

  To recap, the amendment seeks to make these changes in the least possible contentious way. We have not added a syllable or comma to anything that the Government have not already legislated for. All we are asking for is that the Government signal that they are taking their own legislation seriously by adding the net zero commitment, which the House has already legislated for, to the mission of the financial regulators. That seems to be a most uncontroversial and reasonable thing we can do in the post-Brexit financial regulatory framework.

  Full debate: Financial Services Bill (Fifth sitting)

  Apologies; I did not realise the Minister was going to move on. He has made an incredibly powerful case for the importance of including such a commitment, and he has essentially said that the Treasury might look to include it. He said that it had looked only at the immediate and specific regulatory requirements. Of course, many of us believe that we are facing an immediate and specific crisis, so can he tell us why the Treasury has not already taken on the issue of climate change, given that he has made a case that it should be part of it? He has gone for pop No. 3 in the shadow Minister’s list. There might be a sixth option here, which is: “If we did not come up with it, we are not going to support it.” That would be rather short-termist, surely.

  I hope I would never be accused of taking such an approach. The reality is that I want the Bill to work most effectively. As I just said, the regulators are already taking into account climate change as a risk to the economy. The FCA/PRA climate financial risk forum and the Bank of England’s climate change stress test are alive and working, and I am confident that they will continue to consider climate change risk when making rules for the prudential regimes. In that context, we will look carefully at the need to add that specific additional reason. I have also stressed the work that is going on internationally. We should ensure that what we put in primary legislation is actually best practice and in line with the evolving consensus on how to deal with such matters.

  The Minister is effectively saying that this is not the right time or place, but it is something that the Government will carefully consider. Given the things that have happened in politics in recent years, prediction is a dangerous game, but I expect that this is something that the Government will eventually decide to do, and I think they will make a virtue of doing it at that time. Indeed, I can see the Chancellor making the statement to the House of Commons right now, saying, “This new requirement for the Bank of England, for regulators, for the whole of Government, puts the UK at the heart of this shift to green finance and the achievement of tackling climate change.”

  Full debate: Financial Services Bill (Fifth sitting)

• 24 Nov 2020: Parliamentary Speech

  We know that best practice corporate governance results in social and economic gains, and that is something the Government are particularly passionate about. Companies that persist in treating climate change solely as a corporate responsibility issue, rather than a business problem, are running a risky business and stand to lose out.

  We have seen businesses turn the need to tackle climate change into successful business opportunities. For example, BrewDog, the world’s largest craft brewer, will remove twice as much carbon from the air as it emits every year, becoming the first carbon-neutral brewery. If companies can already shoulder this social responsibility and incorporate it into a successful business model, there is no reason not to hold all businesses to the high standards our country needs to tackle imminent social and political issues.

  Climate change affects every facet of everyone’s lives. The effects of climate on companies’ operations are now so tangible and certain that the issue demands a strategy and leadership from the Government. Government intervention has worked before, and it will work again, particularly through amendment 25. Take the Equal Pay Act 1970, for example, which was mentioned previously. Business and civil society converged, and companies with over 250 employees were made to publish data on pay gender discrepancies, resulting in a win-win scenario. Excellent work is now being done to tackle this further and understand racial, gender and environmental concerns, which are intricately linked. We have to follow civil society’s work on equal pay and extend the reporting to data collections on the grounds of racial equality and environmental equity, because our actions will be futile if our evidence is not fertile.

  There is no one-size-fits-all approach to climate change: each company’s approach will depend on the particular business and strategy. What we are calling for in this amendment is for the Government to support and enable employers to publish an action plan to tackle climate change and social inequalities, including initiatives to mitigate climate-related costs and risks in client value chains. Jesse Griffiths, the CEO of the Finance Lab, had some important advice for the Committee last week. He said:

  Full debate: Financial Services Bill (Sixth sitting)

• 16 Nov 2020: Vote

  Pension Schemes Bill [Lords] — Clause 124 - Climate change risk - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 12 Oct 2020: Vote

  Agriculture Bill — After Clause 42 - Contribution of agriculture and associated land use to climate change targets - Pro-climate vote: No - Their vote: No

• 29 Sep 2020: Vote

  United Kingdom Internal Market Bill — New Clause 6 - Economic development: climate and nature emergency impact statement - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 05 Feb 2020: Vote

  Transport - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 7 Mar 2019: Parliamentary Speech

  We have seen time and again the challenges our sisters fight, whether our sisters in Northern Ireland still denied their basic right to control over their body or our sisters facing the problems of climate change. To every one of those sisters out there I say, “We are with you.” To every one of those sisters I say, “You will find a voice here in the United Kingdom Parliament.” To every one of those sisters I say, “Liberté, Egalité, Sororité.”

  Full debate: International Women’s Day

• 06 Sep 2016: Vote

  Finance Bill — VAT on Installation of Energy Saving Materials - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 09 May 2016: Vote

  Housing and Planning Bill — Planning obligations and affordable housing - Pro-climate vote: No - Their vote: No

• 03 May 2016: Vote

  Housing and Planning Bill — Neighbourhood right of appeal - Pro-climate vote: No - Their vote: No

• 14 Mar 2016: Vote

  Energy Bill [Lords] — New Clause 8 — Decarbonisation target range - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 14 Mar 2016: Vote

  Energy Bill [Lords] — New Clause 3 — Carbon capture and storage strategy for the energy industry - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 26 Oct 2015: Vote

  Finance Bill (Ways and Means) (Payment of Corporation Tax) — Chapter 5 — Supplementary provisions - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 08 Sep 2015: Vote

  Bill Presented — Devolution (London) Bill — Clause 45 — CCL: removal of exemption for electricity from renewable sources - Pro-climate vote: No - Their vote: No

• 04 Jun 2013: Vote

  Energy Bill — Clause 133 — Financial provisions - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 04 Jun 2013: Vote

  Energy Bill — Clause 10 — Direction to offer contract - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 04 Jun 2013: Vote

  Energy Bill — Clause 1 — Decarbonisation - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 03 Jun 2013: Vote

  Communities and Local Government — Clause 42 — Duty not to exceed annual carbon dioxide emissions limit - Pro-climate vote: No - Their vote: Aye

• 19 Dec 2012: Vote

  Charities Act 2011 (Amendment) — Energy Bill - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 17 Oct 2012: Vote

  Relationship, Drug and Alcohol Education (Curriculum) — New Clause 22 — Interpretation of the green purposes: duty to assess impact on the Climate Change Act 2008 - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 11 Jun 2012: Vote

  Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 14 Sep 2011: Vote

  Prime Minister — Clause 42 — Domestic energy efficient regulations - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 14 Sep 2011: Vote

  Prime Minister — Clause 42 — Domestic energy efficient regulations - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 14 Sep 2011: Vote

  Prime Minister — New Clause 1 — Energy efficiency aim - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye