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VoteClimate: MPs' Climate-Related Tweets - November 2020
MPs' Climate-Related Tweets - November 2020
We've identified 176 Twitter posts by MPs related to action on climate change during November 2020.
30th November 2020
30 Nov 2020 Wendy Morton MP (@morton_wendy) #COVID19 has exposed the fragility of our global resilience & our vulnerability to shocks, including #ClimateChange. Canadian minister @karinagould & I will work with other development ministers to deliver a green, inclusive & resilient recovery for all. #COP26Ambition. [Source]
30 Nov 2020 Wendy Morton MP (@morton_wendy) Tackling #ClimateChange ahead of #COP26, and making #COVID19 vaccines available to all, are shared goals for the UK & Argentina. Argentine Deputy Foreign Minister Pablo Tettamanti & I have discussed our common goals, including our plans to co-host a #COVAX event on 14 December. [Source]
29 Nov 2020 David Chadwick MP (@LibDemDavid) Before we task Liberalism with finding us the answers to the modern world's problems, we have to settle on the questions. I'd ask it how to handle: regional inequality, stagnating wages, climate change, an ageing population, loneliness. [Source]
29 Nov 2020 Darren Jones MP (@darrenpjones) RT @KerryMP: Something from me in tomorrow’s paper. Labour urges government to include international shipping emissions in CO2 targets | Th… [Source]
28th November 2020
28 Nov 2020 Lee Pitcher MP (@LeePitcher9) Well done @ITV for announcing your target to be net zero by 2030. You’re right - no one wants to see “This Warming”. @AlisonHammond’s smile lights up the tv and brings enough warmth through our screens and into our sitting rooms already. [Source]
27th November 2020
27 Nov 2020 Ellie Chowns MP (@EllieChowns) I'm super excited about this! Cabinet yesterday took a step closer to our ambition of building 2500 new council-owned affordable & sustainable homes over the next 10 years, compatible with our net zero 2030 commitment. A key aim for our coalition administration. ???????????? https://twitter.com/HfdsCouncil/status/1332361174671880197 [Source]
27 Nov 2020 Sam Rushworth MP (@SamJRushworth) @MarxmanHart@CrispianWheldon@PeoplesMomentum I wouldn't say Brexit is a single issue. It's tackling climate change and tax avoidance, its freedom and work opportunities, health & safety standards, peace in NI, wages...
That said, I've said in the past I was wrong on this. It was emotional response at a low point in my life [Source]
27 Nov 2020 Ed Miliband MP (@Ed_Miliband) RT @Keir_Starmer: This is the decisive decade to tackle the climate and environmental emergency.
As hosts of COP26, the UK has to lead by… [Source]
27 Nov 2020 Sam Rushworth MP (@SamJRushworth) @CrispianWheldon@PeoplesMomentum The Labour government that took a million children out of poverty, cancelled debts of poorest countries, led the Kyoto protocol, introduced minimum wage & tax credits, brought NHS to record satisfactions levels, rebuilt schools & northern cities, & prevented genocide in Kosovo [Source]
27 Nov 2020 Sam Rushworth MP (@SamJRushworth) @PeoplesMomentum It would be nice to see you talking more about things like:
(1) Protecting jobs and wages during Covid
(2) Getting on top of the virus
(3) Fuel poverty this winter
(4) Opposing cuts to development aid
(5) Opposing inevitable local austerity
(6) Climate change and green jobs [Source]
26 Nov 2020 Kate Osamor MP (@KateOsamor) On this day in 2008, the Labour Government introduced the Climate Change Act.
But the Conservatives are failing to meet the Act’s targets, threatening progress on tackling the climate emergency.
They need to take action now – for all our futures. https://x.com/UKLabour/status/1331969242275717122/video/1 [Source]
26 Nov 2020 Keir Starmer MP (@Keir_Starmer) RT @UKLabour: On this day 12 years ago, Labour took action to tackle the climate crisis.
We need this Government to show some leadership… [Source]
26 Nov 2020 Matt Rodda MP (@MattRodda) Labour's Climate Change Act came into force on this dat we years ago. @UKLabour supports more determined action - the Government needs to step up its response to #climatechange #climate [Source]
26 Nov 2020 Ed Miliband MP (@Ed_Miliband) RT @UKLabour: On this day 12 years ago, Labour took action to tackle the climate crisis.
We need this Government to show some leadership… [Source]
26 Nov 2020 Helen Hayes MP (@helenhayes_) RT @UKLabour: On this day 12 years ago, Labour took action to tackle the climate crisis.
We need this Government to show some leadership… [Source]
26 Nov 2020 Bambos Charalambous MP (@BambosMP) RT @UKLabour: On this day 12 years ago, Labour took action to tackle the climate crisis.
We need this Government to show some leadership… [Source]
26 Nov 2020 Jeff Smith MP (@JeffSmithetc) RT @UKLabour: On this day 12 years ago, Labour took action to tackle the climate crisis.
We need this Government to show some leadership… [Source]
26 Nov 2020 Gill Furniss MP (@GillFurnissMP) RT @UKLabour: On this day 12 years ago, Labour took action to tackle the climate crisis.
We need this Government to show some leadership… [Source]
25 Nov 2020 Ellie Chowns MP (@EllieChowns) ... and isn’t it amazing how billions has simultaneously been found for ‘defence’ - i.e. weaponry with no relevance to the real security threats we face - like, say, pandemics. Or climate crisis. £ billions literally taken from the poor to give to rich arms companies. A tragedy. [Source]
25 Nov 2020 Ed Miliband MP (@Ed_Miliband) RT @mtpennycook: The spending review was a test of the Government's #netzero credibility, and they failed it. No new money, a repetition of… [Source]
25 Nov 2020 Matt Rodda MP (@MattRodda) Disappointing back tracking by the Government on zero-emission buses @transportgovuk had been promising 5billion for 4,000 environmental friendly buses, but the Chancellor announced just 120 million for "over 500" buses #SpendingReview @UKLabour [Source]
25 Nov 2020 Matt Rodda MP (@MattRodda) Disappointing roll-back by the Conservative Government on zero-emission buses. @transportgovuk had been promising £5bn for 4000 environmentally-friendly buses but the Chancellor announced just £120m for only “over 500” buses. [Source]
25 Nov 2020 Ed Miliband MP (@Ed_Miliband) Any hopes that the Government would meet the jobs and climate emergency with the investment required or show international leadership on climate were dashed by the Chancellor today. The climate crisis was almost invisible in today's statement. [Source]
25 Nov 2020 Graham Stuart MP (@grahamstuart) This is great news. In the run-up to #COP26 and beyond, we will continue to champion those who diversify their exports away from oil and gas and towards green energy.
It's also another chance for businesses to utilise the global opportunities thanks to @UKEF ???????????????? https://twitter.com/UKEF/status/1331277219486949377 [Source]
25 Nov 2020 Jeff Smith MP (@JeffSmithetc) RT @patmcfaddenmp: Yesterday Labour tried to make the UK’s net zero commitments part of the remit of financial services regulators. The Co… [Source]
24 Nov 2020 Vikki Slade MP (@VikkiSlade72) @CllrDunlop@hadleyac i think most people would agree these are really important issues - climate change is the biggest issue facing us and pension funds are crucial to moving money away from fossil fuels. The reason it was raised was the way @CllrFizz & others were treated when being moved from posts [Source]
24 Nov 2020 Danny Chambers MP (@DannyVet) @CornishDwarf Hope to stand again. It was upsetting to lose against a climate change denier.
Will need even more volunteers and more money next time... It's not easy, but eventually our message should cut through! [Source]
24 Nov 2020 Graham Stuart MP (@grahamstuart) RT @tradegovuk: With just under a year to go until #COP26, we are building on our strong capabilities to meet our Net Zero ambitions throug… [Source]
24 Nov 2020 Gill Furniss MP (@GillFurnissMP) RT @darrenpjones: We need to see less talk and more action from Ministers on tackling climate change. In his recent appearance before my Co… [Source]
24 Nov 2020 Darren Jones MP (@darrenpjones) We need to see less talk and more action from Ministers on tackling climate change. In his recent appearance before my Committee, the Energy Minister wasn't able to give clear answers to many questions at all (although evidenced a clear frustration with the Treasury). https://x.com/darrenpjones/status/1331228331786768386/video/1 [Source]
23 Nov 2020 Zarah Sultana MP (@zarahsultana) My generation is fed up with the status quo.
Rents are too high, work is insecure & the threat of climate crisis looms. We get into politics to change things, not to watch from the sidelines.
Young members must be able to freely organise. They shouldn't be treated like this. https://twitter.com/JessicaLBarnard/status/1330964928803565569 [Source]
23 Nov 2020 Julian Smith MP (@JulianSmithUK) RT @JohnKerry: America will soon have a government that treats the climate crisis as the urgent national security threat it is. I'm proud t… [Source]
22 Nov 2020 Apsana Begum MP (@ApsanaBegumMP) The continued practice of moorland burning is causing irreparable damage to our natural environment - throwing millions of tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere, destroying biodiversity, and increasing flooding.
The government need to urgently #BanTheBurn ???????? [Source]
21st November 2020
21 Nov 2020 Marie Goldman MP (@mariecgoldman) @Seaofchangefilm@k_linda_h We need to find alternative ways for people to travel that isn't in a car. We really don't have much time left to deal with the climate emergency. Trials have shown that e-scooters have the potential to replace a very large percentage of car journeys. [Source]
21 Nov 2020 David Lammy MP (@DavidLammy) RT @AnnaMcMorrin: Our commitment to 0.7% in international aid is not only set out in law, it’s a vital way to tackle the #ClimateEmergency,… [Source]
20 Nov 2020 Helen Hayes MP (@helenhayes_) RT @mtpennycook: We have zero credibility if we do not lead by example.
If they are remotely serious about tackling the climate emergency… [Source]
20 Nov 2020 Jeff Smith MP (@JeffSmithetc) RT @mtpennycook: We have zero credibility if we do not lead by example.
If they are remotely serious about tackling the climate emergency… [Source]
20 Nov 2020 Ed Miliband MP (@Ed_Miliband) RT @mtpennycook: We have zero credibility if we do not lead by example.
If they are remotely serious about tackling the climate emergency… [Source]
19 Nov 2020 Christine Jardine MP (@cajardineMP) The climate emergency must be part of our thinking as the UK seeks new trade deals so I asked Minister to assure us that no ISDS clauses will be part of trade agreements as could impact our goal to reach net-zero by 2050. This needs to be central to ALL agreements after #Brexit https://x.com/cajardineMP/status/1329412092252786697/video/1 [Source]
19 Nov 2020 Damian Hinds MP (@DamianHinds) RT @Conservatives: From Disraeli’s River Pollution Act to our Net Zero target, Conservative Governments have taken our responsibility to th… [Source]
18 Nov 2020 David Chadwick MP (@LibDemDavid) The Prime Minister needs to stop greenwashing and start taking the climate emergency seriously.
In contrast to this paltry sum, France and Germany have agreed to spend 3 and 4 times this amount respectively.
One day’s worth of newspaper articles won’t solve the problem https://twitter.com/EdwardJDavey/status/1328949092748242945 [Source]
17 Nov 2020 Darren Jones MP (@darrenpjones) Ultimately, we’re expecting lots of very late net zero and energy related policies from Ministers and a commitment to set out a plan to reach our domestic decarbonisation targets ahead of COP26 (see our @CommonsBEIS inquiry on COP26). A ten point plan alone isn’t enough. / END [Source]
17 Nov 2020 Darren Jones MP (@darrenpjones) Ideally, Ministers would announce what they’re up to on post-Brexit carbon trading and the threat of a carbon tax. Which they refuse to answer. Check our @CommonsBEIS inquiry on the future of emissions trading. [Source]
17 Nov 2020 Darren Jones MP (@darrenpjones) On industrial decarbonisation: innovation investments in carbon capture storage and hydrogen needed but they, alone, won’t be our saving grace. What support will there be for companies to speed up their net zero transition? [Source]
17 Nov 2020 Ed Miliband MP (@Ed_Miliband) We need a bold plan to tackle the jobs crisis and climate emergency and this shows we're not going to get it from Boris Johnson. Labour called for £30bn capital investment over 18 months to support 400,000 new low-carbon jobs. This is a poor imitation. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54978454 [Source]
17 Nov 2020 Vikki Slade MP (@VikkiSlade72) Windfarms like this will be a game changer for renewable energy. With the PM claiming he is now committed to offshore wind we need the Crown Estate to give a timeline for leasing Round 5 covering new areas of UK waters
https://www.eastlothiancourier.com.news/18869329.berwick-bank-offshore-wind-farm-plans-240-turbines-revealed/?ref=twtrec [Source]
17 Nov 2020 Wendy Morton MP (@morton_wendy) We have shared challenges with Russia and today I discussed climate change and the global pandemic with Deputy Foreign Minister Titov. I was also clear where we disagree, on Ukraine and human rights. The UK will continue to hold Russia to its international commitments. [Source]
16 Nov 2020 Ed Miliband MP (@Ed_Miliband) It’s good the Government is waking up to the fact climate change is one of the most important defining issues we will face in the years ahead. (1/3) [Source]
15 Nov 2020 Robbie Moore MP (@_RobbieMoore) We all need to play our part in tackling climate change and getting to #NetZero.
The gov’t Green Homes Grant scheme is fantastic, but it could go much further ????????
1️⃣ More eligible improvements.
2️⃣ More local installers.
3️⃣ Bradford should apply for more funding. https://x.com/_RobbieMoore/status/1328078782549413888/video/1 [Source]
15 Nov 2020 Jayne Kirkham MP (@JayneKirkham4) #cornwall programme on #BBC2 with @simon_reeve Tackling climate change/flooding/diversity tonight. And lovely to see Chris Jones’s beavers! [Source]
15 Nov 2020 Al Pinkerton MP (@AlPinkerton) And if the U.K. hopes that #COP26 will be a success, then it surely also accepts that international, legally-enforceable commitments to reduce carbon will be required and that international compliance will need to be monitored and enforced (and non-compliance penalised). [Source]
15 Nov 2020 Katie White MP (@KatieJWhite) I’m sorry but in week where we’re awaiting Goverment’s long awaited 10 point plan to tackle climate change, the fact Environment Secretary doesn’t mention it (or anything to do with it) on our key Sunday broadcast programme, is infuriating and disappointing #missedopportunity [Source]
13 Nov 2020 Vikki Slade MP (@VikkiSlade72) @piersmorgan@GMB sweepstake then on who will be the first minister allowed to appear on @GMB monday morning....my money is on George Eustice....making big noises about Cop26 and their commitment to Climate Change [Source]
12 Nov 2020 Alan Mak MP (@AlanMakMP) In a year's time the UK hosts @COP26 the most important UN Climate Change Conference since Paris in 2015.
????I helped to successfully campaign to bring #COP26 to the UK & I'm delighted the Government has launched #TogetherForOurPlanet????to celebrate inspiring climate action ???????????? https://x.com/AlanMakMP/status/1326881550940712960/video/1 [Source]
11 Nov 2020 Wendy Morton MP (@morton_wendy) Uruguay & the UK have ambitious aims for tackling climate change ahead of @COP26, as well as working together on vaccines through the #COVAX facility, as I discussed with @CarolinaAche this afternoon. @MRREE_Uruguay ???????? ???????? [Source]
10 Nov 2020 Wendy Morton MP (@morton_wendy) I outlined to #BerlinProcess leaders today how the UK is a #forceforgood in the #WesternBalkans: as @COP26 chair working in partnership to combat #climatechange, developing @RCCint’s Common Regional Market & also committed to #reconciliation, supporting survivors of conflicts [Source]
10 Nov 2020 Jeff Smith MP (@JeffSmithetc) RT @UKLabour: We need a Green Economic Recovery to:
✅ Create 400,000 new, clean jobs
✅ Tackle the climate emergency and the jobs crisis… [Source]
10 Nov 2020 Jayne Kirkham MP (@JayneKirkham4) The full report that Ed Miliband was talking about this morning.
Stopping the ravages of unemployment. We've seen what that does to our people and communities and we can't afford it again. And tackling the climate emergency. We know we can't afford to put that off any longer. https://twitter.com/Keir_Starmer/status/1326109053190361089 [Source]
10 Nov 2020 Ed Miliband MP (@Ed_Miliband) RT @UKLabour: Future generations will judge us by the choices we make today to tackle the jobs and climate crises.
That’s why Labour is ch… [Source]
10 Nov 2020 Ed Miliband MP (@Ed_Miliband) RT @Keir_Starmer: We face a jobs emergency and a climate emergency.
It's time for a bold and ambitious plan to deliver hundreds of thousan… [Source]
10 Nov 2020 Ed Miliband MP (@Ed_Miliband) RT @labourpress: ???? We face a jobs emergency and a climate emergency.
We need bold and ambitious action from the Government to deliver hun… [Source]
9th November 2020
09 Nov 2020 Ed Miliband MP (@Ed_Miliband) RT @labourpress: “It's time for a bold and ambitious plan to deliver hundreds of thousands of jobs which can also tackle the climate crisis… [Source]
09 Nov 2020 John Glen MP (@JohnGlenUK) RT @hmtreasury: The Government will issue its first Sovereign Green Bond in 2021, helping the UK meet its 2050 net zero target and creating… [Source]
09 Nov 2020 Gareth Davies MP (@GarethDavies_MP) RT @hmtreasury: The Government will issue its first Sovereign Green Bond in 2021, helping the UK meet its 2050 net zero target and creating… [Source]
09 Nov 2020 Rishi Sunak MP (@RishiSunak) The UK will, subject to market conditions, issue our first ever Sovereign Green Bond next year.
This will be the first in a series of new issuances, as we build out a “green curve” over the coming years helping to fund projects to tackle climate change and create green jobs. https://twitter.com/RishiSunak/status/1325836496394477571/photo/1 [Source]
08 Nov 2020 David Lammy MP (@DavidLammy) RT @Ed_Miliband: The unemployment crisis and the climate emergency both demand an ambitious green stimulus now to create hundreds of thousa… [Source]
08 Nov 2020 Nick Timothy MP (@NJ_Timothy) Commentators seizing on Boris’s words about an EU trade deal (exactly the same as before) and commitment to tackling climate change (ditto) as though No10 is now sucking up to Biden. Narrative journalism - never knowingly accurate. [Source]
07 Nov 2020 John Whitby MP (@WhitbyJmwhitby) It’s a great day for humanity and the planet. The lying, racist, corrupt, misogynistic, climate change denying, would be absolute monarch has been defeated by a guy that is essentially decent, fair and inclusive, so basically the polar opposite of Trump. Democracy has been saved. [Source]
07 Nov 2020 Claire Young MP (@ClaireforTAY) Delighted by the news from the US - well done #BidenHarris, you bring hope for action on global issues like climate change and that right-wing populism can be overcome [Source]
07 Nov 2020 Liz Jarvis MP (@LizJarvisUK) In tears watching @joebiden’s speech. For civil rights, for equality, for the climate emergency, for peace, the world needs this win. [Source]
6th November 2020
06 Nov 2020 Layla Moran MP (@LaylaMoran) We need global leadership to defeat coronavirus, fight climate change and secure the freedoms we hold dear.
I hope the UK Govt will immediately work to make that happen with the incoming administration. (4/4) [Source]
04 Nov 2020 Lisa Nandy MP (@lisanandy) Today is the day the US legally withdraws from the Paris agreement on climate change. As votes continue to be counted it’s a stark reminder of how much is at stake #Election2020 [Source]
04 Nov 2020 Jayne Kirkham MP (@JayneKirkham4) Today America withdraws from the Paris agreement. Biden would take them back in on day 1. Come On America. [Source]
02 Nov 2020 James Frith MP (@JamesFrith) Just the right tone from @Keir_Starmer in his speech and q&a to @CBItweets; pro business, pro worker, a new partnership and an overdue acknowledgment of the role, dignity and prospects that good businesses provide. Net Zero, Skills, innovation and youth employment. [Source]